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The family in Athens: regional variation
Regional variation in modern Greece and Cyprus: toward a perspective on the ethnography of Greece • 268 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 410-418
By: Safilios-Rothschild, Constantina.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Safilios-Rothschild examines Athenian family structure and dynamics by region of origin of the wife's family. Some of the variables studied are class background, family composition, residence patterns, dowry, age difference between spouses, number of children, outings, and visits to wife's parents. The author discusses which areas tend to maintain more traditional family values.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Classes
- Residence
- Household
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Greeks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966-1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Athens, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75045339
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece