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A demographic study of Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1962-1964
Arctic anthropology • 3 (2) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 211-240
By: Taylor, Kenneth I..
Abstract
Combining information from family histories, pregnancy records, and histories of the population structure, with an analysis of the economy, religion, and marriage and kinship patterns, Taylor attempts to explain the present demographic structure of a small Kodiak village, Karluk. While fertility rates are extremely high, and overall mortality is not especially high, the population has continued to decline since the early 1920's or 1930's. This decline, plus a statistically significant imbalance in the sex ratio, 90 males to 58 females, seems to be due principally to lack of economic opportunity in the village (salmon fishing from June to August is the only full-time employment). Emigration is higher for women who often marry Whites and move away or who can get jobs in the canneries in Kodiak town. Marriage patterns which tend to encourage migration around the island in order to obey religiously defined rules of exogamy also cause instability in the small population. Taylor is explicit in describing his analytical methods. A complete geneaoogy of the village is presented in an appendix.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1976
- Field Date
- summers, 1962-1964
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1860s-1964
- Coverage Place
- Karluk village, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
- Notes
- Kenneth I. Taylor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239)
- LCCN
- sf 78000711
- LCSH
- Koniagmiut Eskimos