Data for "Generating a representative anthropometric dataset for U.S. children and youth" published in Applied Ergonomics

As described in the manuscript, these are synthesized stature, mass, and BMI (a measure of weight-for-stature) data for children and youth in the U.S. aged 24 to 239 months. There are an average of 500 individuals per month for males and 479 per month for females. The by-age population size (a target of ~500 individuals) was selected somewhat arbitrarily, although sex ratios were determined by US Census data. They result in populations of over 100,000 individuals for both males and females, averaging to approximately 6000 individuals per year. The intention is that unweighted statistical analysis on these data will produce results that are representative of the US population.