Anthropometric characteristics of female smallholder farmers of Uganda - Toward design of labor-saving tools

The plot below reveals general body dimensions' differences among Ugandan women of Bantu (Kiboga, Mbarara and Ngoma locations) and Nilotic (Kotido location) ethnolinguistic groups. Principle components (PC1 and PC2) were obtained from analysis of 28 anthropometric measurements from a total of 89 women. The co-clustering of Ngoma and Mbarara women suggest they are identical while the “spread out” along PC2 of the Kiboga women is intriguing and suggests more women should be measured to be able to gain better understanding of the difference there might be between Kiboga women and their other two Bantu “sisters”.