부산대학교 도서관

Based on the method of marking the size of children’s wear suggested by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, the purpose of this study was to conduct the comparative analysis on the characteristics of torso types in the 10-centimeter sections of height in school-age girls and to provide foundational material as well. This study analyzed the height section of 150.0 to 159.9cm, in which the body size is similar to that of adults, but the body form is characterized as that of children. Concerning the method of research, this study statistically analyzed body sizes, and calculated items related to 113 persons’ trunk types of the 6th Korean Body Size Data. As a result, eight factors were extracted, and the total explanatory variate of all the factors was 87.048%. As a result of conducting the cluster analysis, in which they were set as an independent variable, three types were drawn, and in Type 1(27.4%), the torso is the thickest and largest, and the sectional form is round in the circumference item. In Type 2 (29.2%), the horizontal size of the torso is similar to that of Type 3, and it is bent while the back is severely curved. As for Type 3(43.4%), the body form is the smallest, and it is not severely curved, and is characterized as a backwardly-bent body form. In conclusion, the results of analyzing torso types show that in the height section of 150.0 to 159.9cm, there is significant difference in the types and mean values. Also, they involve characteristics of body forms of children different from those of adults. It is expected that these findings will be used as foundational material, to apply sizes more exactly in marking the sizes of children’s wear.