1972 AMERICAN AIRLINE STEWARDESSES The American Airline Stewardesses Survey was conducted between February and June 1971 on 423 trainees enrolled at the American Airlines Stewardess Training Academy in Ft. Worth, Texas. The survey was initiated to provide adequate criteria for improving the emergency equipment availability and workspace design for the stewardess. A total of 73 body measurements, plus age, and 28 background variables were recorded for each trainee. Five body measurements (#17, 27, 34, 49 and 73) are not included in this report due to inconsistencies with other HSIAC Anthropometric Data Analysis Set surveys or lack of information. However, these data are still included with each record in the data file and should be excluded from any analysis. The documentation for this survey contains the following information: purpose of the survey, methodology, statistical analysis procedures, measurement descriptions with diagrams, and summary statistics of the data results in both inches and centimeters.
REFERENCES Snow, C. C., Reynolds, H. M., & Allgood, M. A. (1975). Anthropometry of Airline Stewardesses (Report No. FAA-AM-75-2). Washington, D.C.: Office of Aviation Medicine, Federal Aviation Administration. (DTIC No. AD-A012 965). DOCUMENT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS The document(s) listed above can be obtained through the National Technical Information Center at 1-800553-6847 or (703) 605-6000 (provide the DTIC “AD” document number). More information about NTIS can be obtained on the NTIS web site at URL http://www.nits.gov.
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FILE EXPLANATION The following information provides the details needed to translate the ascii dataset (containing the survey data) into a statistical package for further analysis. Var# refers to the order in which the variables appear in the dataset. Code refers to the HSIAC standardized code that has been assigned to the corresponding Variable Name. The next four columns (record, start, end, and format) provide the descriptive information for the file format. Record refers to the line number on which the variable is located, start and end specify the column number of the variable on that line, and format refers to the variable format. VAR # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 CODE SBJID 957 805 841 23 309 973 265 490 873 801 362 356 134 512 58 209 178 931 233 232 230 747 637 72 77 970 964 293 833 888 844 576 186 939 236 103 223 924 130 140 VARIABLE NAME SUBJ NUM WEIGHT STATURE SUPRASTERNALE HT ACROMION HT ELBOW HT WRIST HT DACTYLION HT ILIOSPINALE HT TIBIALE HT SPHYRION HT FOOT LNTH FOOT BRTH BIMALLEOLAR BRTH KNEE BRTH-BONE ANKLE CIRC CALF CIRC-LEFT BUTTOCK CIRC WAIST CIRC - NATURAL CHEST CIRC - INSPIRATION CHEST CIRC-BELOW BUST CHEST CIRC SHOULDER CIRC NECK CIRC - BELOW LARYNX ARM CIRC-BICEPS RELAXED ARM CIRC-BICEPS FLEXED WRIST CIRC-STYLION WRIST BRTH-BONE ELBOW BRTH-BONE SUBSCAPULAR SKF TRICEPS SKF SUPRAILIAC SKF MEDIAL CALF SKF BUTTOCK DEPTH WAIST DEPTH-NATURAL CHEST DEPTH BIACROMIAL BRTH CHEST BRTH WAIST BRTH-NATURAL BIILIOCRISTALE BRTH BISPINIOUS BRTH RECORD START END 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 7 10 1 11 14 1 15 18 1 19 22 1 23 26 1 27 30 1 31 34 1 35 37 1 38 40 1 41 43 1 44 46 1 47 49 1 50 52 1 53 55 1 56 58 1 62 64 1 65 67 1 68 70 1 71 73 1 74 76 1 77 80 2 1 3 2 4 6 2 7 9 2 13 15 2 16 18 2 19 21 2 22 24 2 25 27 2 28 30 2 34 36 2 37 39 2 40 42 2 43 45 2 46 48 2 49 51 2 52 54 2 55 57 2 58 60 FORMAT F3.0 F3.0 F4.0 F4.0 F4.0 F4.0 F4.0 F4.0 F4.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F4.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0
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VAR # CODE
VARIABLE NAME
RECORD START END
FORMAT
44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94
161 457 80 654 758 25 312 122 318 459 751 375 194 200 529 678 536 441 427 618 165 126 651 825 586 420 657 411 48 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185
BITROCHANTERION BRTH HIP BRTH ARM REACH FROM WALL OVERHEAD REACH-SITTING SITTING HT ACROMION HT-SITTING ELBOW REST HT BIDELTOID BRTH ELBOW -ELBOW BRTH HIP BRTH-SITTING SHOULDER-ELBOW LNTH FOREARM-HAND LNTH BUTTOCK-KNEE LNTH BUTTOCK-POPLITEAL LNTH KNEE HT - SITTING POPLITEAL HT-SITTING KNEE-KNEE BRTH HEAD LNTH HEAD BRTH MIN FRONTAL BRTH BIZYGOMATIC HT BIGONIAL BRTH NOSE BRTH SUBNASALE-NASAL ROOT DEP MENTON-NASAL ROOT DEP LNTH HAND LNTH PALM LNTH HAND BRTH AT METACARPALE AGE MARITAL STATUS-STEW_72 NO. CHILDREN-STEW_72 DAY OF BIRTH-STEW_72 MONTH OF BIRTH-STEW_72 YEAR OF BIRTH-STEW_72 PLACE OF BIRTH/FATHER-STEW_72 PLACE OF BIRTH/MOTHER-STEW_72 PLACE OF BIRTH/SUBJECT-STEW_72 RESIDENCY AGE 16-STEW_72 OLDER BROTHERS-STEW_72 YOUNGER BROTHERS-STEW_72 OLDER SISTERS-STEW_72 YOUNGER SISTERS-STEW_72 FOREIGN LANGUAGE #1-STEW_72 FOREIGN LANGUAGE #2-STEW_72 FOREIGN LANGUAGE #3-STEW_72 POST HS EDUCATION 1-STEW_72 POST HS EDUCATION 2-STEW_72 COLLEGE EDUCATION-STEW_72 RACE-STEW_72
2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
61 64 67 70 74 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 73 76 79 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35
63 66 69 73 77 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 75 78 81 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F4.0 F4.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F3.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0
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VAR # CODE
VARIABLE NAME
RECORD START END
FORMAT
95 96 97 98 99 100 101
1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1005 1192
BRASSIERE SIZE-STEW_72 CUP SIZE-STEW_72 SIGNATURE-STEW_72 ARM FOLDING-STEW_72 HAND CLASPING-STEW_72 HANDEDNESS STEWARDESS EXPERIENCE-STEW_72
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
37 39 41 43 45 47 49
38 40 42 44 46 48 50
F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0 F2.0
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CODED VARIABLES 1166-MARITAL STATUS 1-SINGLE / 2-MARRIED / 3-DIVORCED OR WIDOWED 1167-NO. CHILDREN 0-8 ACTUAL NUMBER / 9-NONE 1171 - 1173 - PLACE OF BIRTH FATHER, MOTHER, SUBJECT, RESIDENCY AT AGE 16 1-ALABAMA / 2-ALASKA / 3-ARIZONA / 4-ARKANSAS / 5-CALIFORNIA / 6-COLORADO / 7-CONNECTICUT / 8-DELAWARE / 9-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA / 10-FLORIDA / 11-GEORGIA/ 12HAWAII / 13-IDAHO / 14-ILLINOIS / 15-INDIANA / 16-IOWA / 17-KANSAS / 18-KENTUCKY / 19LOUISIANA / 20-MAINE / 21-MARYLAND / 22-MASSACHUSETTS / 23-MICHIGAN / 24MINNESOTA / 25-MISSISSIPPI / 26-MISSOURI / 27-MONTANA / 28-NEBRASKA / 29-NEVADA / 30-NEW HAMPSHIRE / 31-NEW JERSEY / 32-NEW MEXICO / 33-NEW YORK / 34-NORTH CAROLINA / 35-NORTH DAKOTA / 36-OHIO / 37-OKLAHOMA / 38-OREGON / 39PENNSYLVANIA / 40-RHODE ISLAND / 41-SOUTH CAROLINA / 42-SOUTH DAKOTA / 43TENNESEE / 44-TEXAS / 45-UTAH / 46-VERMONT / 47-VIRGINIA / 48-WASHINGTON / 49-WEST VIRGINIA / 50-WISCONSON / 51-WYOMING / 52-FOREIGN 1175 - 1178 -OLDER BROTHERS, YOUNGER BROTHERS, OLDER SISTERS, YOUNGER SISTERS 0-8 ACTUAL NUMBER / 9-NONE 1179 - 1181 - FOREIGN LANGUAGES 1-SPANISH / 2-FRENCH / 3-GERMAN / 4-ITALIAN / 5-ASIAN / 6-OTHER / 9-NONE 1182 - 1183 -POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION 1-COLLEGE / 2-BUSINESS SCHOOL / 3-PARAMEDICAL / 4-FASHION, MERCHANDISING / 5OTHER VOCATIONAL / 6-ARTS, LANGUAGES / 9-NONE 1184-COLLEGE EDUCATION 1-FRESHMAN / 2-SOPHOMORE / 3-JUNIOR / 4-SENIOR / 5-B.A. / 6-GRAD STUDENT / 7 MASTERS / 8-POST-MASTERS / 9-NONE 1185-RACE 1-WHITE / 2-BLACK / 3-ORIENTAL / 4-MEXICAN / 5-PUERTO RICAN / 6-AMER INDIAN / 7-OTHER 1187-CUP SIZE 1-A / 2-B / 3-C / 4-D / 5-E / 6-F 1188 - 1191 -SIGNATURE, ARM FOLDING, HAND CLASPING, HANDENESS 1-RIGHT / 2-LEFT / 3-BOTH OR AMBIDEXTROUS 1192 - STEWARDESS EXPERIENCE (MONTHS)
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EXPLANATION OF TERMINOLOGY Since these surveys were conducted over such a wide period of time, many of the variable names are not consistent across surveys. Those variables which have names that are unique to this survey are listed in the column labeled “ALIAS” as they appear in the documentation. If there is no difference in the terminology, the space is left blank.
VAR # 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
CODE SBJID 957 805 841 23 309 973 265 490 873 801 362 356 134 512 58 209 178 931 233 232 230 747 637 72 77 970 964 293 833 888 844 576 186 939 236 103 223 924
VARIABLE NAME SUBJ NUM WEIGHT STATURE SUPRASTERNALE HT ACROMION HT ELBOW HT WRIST HT DACTYLION HT ILIOSPINALE HT TIBIALE HT SPHYRION HT FOOT LNTH FOOT BRTH BIMALLEOLAR BRTH KNEE BRTH-BONE ANKLE CIRC CALF CIRC-LEFT BUTTOCK CIRC WAIST CIRC - NATURAL CHEST CIRC CHEST CIRC-BELOW BUST CHEST CIRC SHOULDER CIRC NECK CIRC - BELOW LARYNX ARM CIRC-BICEPS RELAXED ARM CIRC-BICEPS FLEXED WRIST CIRC-STYLION WRIST BRTH-BONE ELBOW BRTH-BONE SUBSCAPULAR SKF TRICEPS SKF SUPRAILIAC SKF MEDIAL CALF SKF BUTTOCKS DEPTH WAIST DEPTH-NATURAL CHEST DEPTH BIACROMIAL BRTH CHEST BRTH WAIST BRTH-NATURAL
ALIAS
SUPRASTERNAL HT ACROMIAL HT RADIALE HT STYLION HT
ANKLE BRTH
HIP CIRC WAIST CIRC CHEST CIRC-INSPIRATION CHEST CIRC EXP BUST CIRC NECK CIRC UPPER ARM CIRC/EXTENDED UPPER ARM CIRC/FLEXED WRIST CIRC WRIST BRTH ELBOW BRTH
POSTERIOR CALF SKF WAIST DEPTH
WAIST BRTH
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VAR # 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
CODE 130 140 161 457 80 654 758 25 312 122 318 459 751 375 194 200 529 678 536 441 427 618 165 126 651 825 586 420 657 411 48 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181
VARIABLE NAME BIILIOCRISTALE BRTH BISPINIOUS BRTH BITROCHANTERION BRTH HIP BRTH ARM REACH FROM WALL OVERHEAD REACH-SITTING SITTING HT ACROMION HT-SITTING ELBOW REST HT BIDELTOID BRTH ELBOW-ELBOW BRTH HIP BRTH-SITTING SHOULDER-ELBOW LNTH FOREARM-HAND LNTH BUTTOCK-KNEE LNTH BUTTOCK-POPLITEAL LNTH KNEE HT - SITTING POPLITEAL HT-SITTING KNEE-KNEE BRTH HEAD LNTH HEAD BRTH MIN FRONTAL BRTH BIZYGOMATIC HT BIGONIAL BRTH NOSE BRTH SUBNASALE-NASAL ROOT DEP MENTON-NASAL ROOT DEP LNTH HAND LNTH PALM LNTH HAND BRTH AT METACARPALE AGE MARITAL STATUS-STEW_72 NO. CHILDREN-STEW_72 DAY OF BIRTH-STEW_72 MONTH OF BIRTH-STEW_72 YEAR OF BIRTH-STEW_72 PLACE OF BIRTH/FATHER-STEW_72 PLACE OF BIRTH/MOTHER-STEW_72 PLACE OF BIRTH/SUBJECT-STEW_72 RESIDENCY AGE 16-STEW_72 OLDER BROTHERS-STEW_72 YOUNGER BROTHERS-STEW_72 OLDER SISTERS-STEW_72 YOUNGER SISTERS-STEW_72 FOREIGN LANGUAGE #1-STEW_72 FOREIGN LANGUAGE #2-STEW_72 FOREIGN LANGUAGE #3-STEW_72
ALIAS ILIOCRISTALE BRTH ILIOSPINALE BRTH BITROCHANTERIC BRTH HIP BRTH/STND ARM REACH/HORZ MAX REACH SITTING ACROMIAL HT - SITTING SHOULDER BRTH
ELBOW-HAND LNTH
NASAL BRTH NASAL HT TOTAL FACE HT
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VAR # 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101
CODE 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1005 1192
VARIABLE NAME POST HS EDUCATION 1-STEW_72 POST HS EDUCATION 2-STEW_72 COLLEGE EDUCATION-STEW_72 RACE-STEW_72 BRASSIERE SIZE-STEW_72 CUP SIZE-STEW_72 SIGNATURE-STEW_72 ARM FOLDING-STEW_72 HAND CLASPING-STEW_72 HANDEDNESS STEWARDESS EXPERIENCE-STEW_72
ALIAS
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