The University Museum
The University of Tokyo


Bulletin No.22


GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN MODERN
JAPANESE SOMATOMETRIC DATA
AND ITS INTERPRETATION


Makiko KOUCHI


1983 TOKYO




CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction
1) Historical Background
2) Problems in Methodology
3) The Present Analysis
Chapter 2 The Nishi Series
1) Regional Units
2) Universities and Colleges Which Participated in the Research
3) Birth Years of the Subjects
4) Measurement Items
Chapter 3 The Geographic Variations
1) Methods
2) Results of Analysis of Variance
3) Relationship among the Measurement Items
4) The Pattern of Geographic Variation
5) Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 4 Climatic Relations
1) Materials and Methods
2) Results
3) Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 5 Nutritional Relations
1) Materials and Methods
2) Results of Analysis of Variance
3) Geographic Difference in Intake of Nutrients
4) Geographic Difference in Dietary Pattern
5) Relationship between Intake of Nutrients, Dietary Pattern, Somatometric Variables and Climatic Variables
6) Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 6 Comparison with Other Japanese Series
1) Materials and Methods
2) Results of Univariate Comparison
3) Results of Analysis of Variance
4) Relationship with Geographic Position and Temperature
5) Results of Principal Component Analysis
6) Penrose's Size and Shape Distances
7) Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 7 Comparison with Asian Populations
1) Materials and Methods
2) Results of Principal Component Analysis
3) Penrose's Size and Shape Distances
4) Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 8 Discussions and Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References
Appendix
I Basic data (in mm) from Nishi series males
  1. Seventeen areas
  2. Eleven areas
II Basic data on geographic and climatic variables
  1. Seventeen areas
  2. Eleven areas
III Basic data (in mm) from Matsumura series males
IV Basic data (in mm) from NSRG series males
V References on the measurements of foreign populations



Makiko Kouchi
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo



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