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In Imperial, we normally collect feet and inches in separate fields, often via dropdown. In metric, what's the standard?

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Typically it's just a single input box, rather than split into two for feet and inches.

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  • Are centimeters the best unit to ask for, or another unit (such as meters)?
    – Cosmic
    Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 23:07
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    Definitely centimeters are the best, that's the standard. Meters are too big units to ask for, and decimeters are too uncommon.
    – maciek
    Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 10:06
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Collect in centimeters. It requires one input field for the user (so there's improved efficiency) and centimeters are more commonly referred to when talking about a person's height (so it's more relatable to the user). For example, Wikipedia use centimeters to refer to height as shown in the link to an AFL players bio (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic_Naitanui) which refers to their height in centimeters.

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On which to use - This depends on your target market. A bit of user research will reveal some pretty good indicators. For example Doctors might use a different kind of measurement than a teacher or a student etc. The answers are in user research.

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