20대와 30-40대 여성의 하반신 신체치수 및 체형 비교 연구- 다운에이징(Down-aging) 의복구매 현상에 따른 문제점 파악을 중심으로 -

Abstract

There is likely to be a fit problem when women aged in their 30s-40s purchase down-ageclothing from brands that target women in their 20s. To identify the part of the lower bodythat causes the fit problem, the sizes and types of lower body of women in their 30s-40swere compared with those of women in their 20s. The data for this study was from the 2010Size Korea survey of body measurements of 1675 female adults in their 20s–40s. To examinedifferences in the average sizes of the lower body between women in their 20s and 30s-40s,descriptive statistics and t-tests were conducted. Factor and cluster analysis were used toclassify body types by age groups. On the whole, compared to women in their 30s-40s, women in their 20s were found to behigher for all height items and smaller for size, thickness and width items. The result of theGlycemic index analysis showed that the body type of women in their 20s was generallylarger than that of women in their 30s-40s. In addition, women in their 20s had a large dropvalue compared to those in their 30s-40s, whereas flatness of body cross section was biggerin the group of women in their 30s-40s. Four factors related to the lower body type of femaleadults in their 20s-40s were identified in the factor analysis, and three categories of body typewere identified by cluster analysis. A Type 1 individual had abdominal obesity and chubbylower limbs, Type 2 had short legs and slightly chubby lower limbs, and Type 3 had longlegs and a skinny lower body. A significant number of women in their 30s-40s were includedin the Type 1 group, which was the least common category for women in their 20s.