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HEAD START CENTER DESIGN GUIDE

Table of Contents | Chapter:1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Appendix: A | B | C | D | Selected References

Chapter 3: Adults and Children in the Center

Sections: 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Table 3.1

Table 3.1: Physical Dimensions of Children

The following dimensions represent averages.1 (Metric measures have been converted to English equivalents using the conversions in Appendix C.)
blank Age (in Years)
blank Birth 0 1 2 3 4 5
blank Dimensions (in Inches)
1. Anita R. Olds, Ph.D., Architectural Prototype Document, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1987; Diffrient, N., Tilley, A.R., and Bardagly, J.C., Humanscale 1/2/3 Manual, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974; Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., Anthropometry of U.S. Infants & Children, Michigan: 1975.
Body Length 20 26.4 30 34.4 38 41.6 45.7
Head Length 4.9 5.9 6.9 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.9
Head Width 3.8 4.7 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7
Head Circumference 21.9 17.3 18.6 19.6 19.6 19.9 20.1
Trunk Length 8.3 11.6 12.6 13.6 14.3 15 15.3
Shoulder Width 5.9 7 8 8.8 9.3 9.7 10
Chest Circumference 13 17.2 18.7 20 20.5 20.8 21.7
Abdominal Circumference N/A 16.1 17.5 18.2 8.5 20.3 20.4
Pelvic Width 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.7 6.2 6.3 7.3
Arm Length 7.6 10 12 14.6 6.4 16.7 19.8
Hand Length N/A N/A 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.9 5
Hand Width 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.9 2 2 2.2
Leg and Thigh Length 6.6 8.2 9.6 12.2 14.6 17.2 22.9
Sitting Height N/A 17.6 19.2 21.2 22.5 23.5 24.5
Knee Width 1.5 N/A 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7
Weight in Lbs. 7.5 16.7 22 28 32 38 43
Knee Pivot to Floor N/A N/A N/A 9.6 10.4 11.3 12.5
Knee Width 1.5 N/A 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7

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