Table 9: Foot and shoe measurement

    Gender   Group Total
    Male   Female    
    Number %
of feet
  Number %
of feet
  Number %
of feet
                         
a. Right or left :toe box width - forefoot width                      
More than two shoe size narrower 8   1.6%   24   5.5%   32   3.5%
More than one shoe size narrower 63   13.0%   106   24.1%   169   18.3%
Within one shoe size narrower 177   36.4%   201   45.7%   378   40.8%
Within one shoe size wider 209   43.0%   102   23.2%   311   33.6%
Wider than one shoe size 29   6.0%   7   1.6%   36   3.9%
Group Total 486   100.0%   440   100.0%   926   100.0%
                         
b. Right or left : shoe length - foot length                      
More than one shoe size shorter 14   2.9%   44   10.0%   58   6.3%
Within one shoe size longer 75   15.4%   152   34.5%   227   24.5%
More than one shoe size longer 123   25.3%   138   31.4%   261   28.2%
More than two shoe size longer 145   29.8%   77   17.5%   222   24.0%
More than three shoe size longer 71   14.6%   28   6.4%   99   10.7%
Four shoe size longer or more 58   11.9%   1   0.2%   59   6.4%
Group Total 486   100.0%   440   100.0%   926   100.0%
                         
N.B. one shoe size ~ 7mm