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Recent changes in family structure in an Indian Village
Anthropological Quarterly • 33 (2) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 93-97
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a brief account of changes that have occurred in the family structure of an Indian village in 1907-1957. Based on ethnographic information collected in 1955-1956, the authors identified important changes including the relaxation of parda (seclusion of women) and general decline in the composition and size of the extended family. One of the reasons for these changes was the expansion of education which had the effect of changing family and gender relations as unmarried family members migrated away from their villages in search of government jobs and other employment opportunities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Extended families
- Nuclear family
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Labor supply and employment
- External relations
- Research and development
- Sociocultural trends
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Uttar Pradesh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1907-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- State of Uttar Pradesh, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris E. Opler
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32029126
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Uttar Pradesh (India)