Citation

Dewangan KN, Prasanna Kumar GV, Suja PL, Choudhury MD. Int. J. Ind. Ergonomics 2005; 35(11): 979-989.

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(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

A survey was conducted to collect the anthropometric dimensions of male farmers in the north eastern region of India in age group of 20-30 years. Thirty-three anthropometric dimensions were measured from 280 male farmers belonging to 7 states of the region. Range, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, 5th, 50th and 95th percentile for each anthropometric dimension were calculated for the entire region. Variation in body dimensions of farm youth among 7 states of the region were studied by comparing the mean values of body dimensions for each state of the region. Further, the anthropometric dimensions of farm youths of the north eastern region were compared with those of the northern, central, eastern, southern and western regions of India and it was found that the farm youth of the north eastern region had most of the body dimensions lower than those from other regions except southern and eastern regions of India. The anthropometric dimensions of youth of the north eastern region of India were also compared with those of China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, Britain and the USA. It was found that all the dimensions were lower than those from other parts of the world.Relevance to industryFor efficient design of improved agricultural machines for higher food production, the anthropometric data of the operators are very essential. The anthropometric data presented in this paper helps the designers to develop and introduce machines suiting to the requirements of the population so that human drudgery in operation could be minimised and operator's comfort could be enhanced.