Human dimensions of Chinese minors

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary statistical results of the latest national anthropometric survey of the minors in China mainland. About 20,000 minors (9666 males and 9699 females) were recruited from six geographical areas in China. These subjects were divided into five age groups. Body weight plus totally 134 static dimensions were selected for measurement. Non-contact three-dimensional (3D) scanning technology was used in this survey while manual measuring and two-dimensional (2D) imaging measurement were used as the subsidiary methods. There is no significant difference on body height between genders at the significance level of 0.05 when the subjects are less than 12 years old. The 5th, 50th and 95th percentile values for nineteen selected dimensions were addressed. This work provides the first national wide anthropometric database of the minors in China mainland and will inevitable benefit the products design for the potential users. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.