essay

Population replacement and persistence

Turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environmentOxfordPublished In 1999 • Pages: 280-301

By: Leslie, Paul W., Dyson-Hudson, Rada, Fry, Peggy H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document considers some of the cultural determinants of fertility among the Turkana of Kenya. The focus is on demographic and life-history phenomena (primarily nuptiality and mortality) that are important for understanding population replacement and persistence.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Birth statistics
Mortality
Illegitimacy
Infant feeding
Childbirth
Labor supply and employment
Basis of marriage
Mode of marriage
Premarital sex relations
Polygamy
Secondary marriages
Termination of marriage
Regulation of marriage
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Turkana
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Biologist
Anthropologist
Ecologist
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; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1980-1996
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1980-1999
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Turkana, Kenya
NotesAdditional notes
Paul W. Leslie, Rada Dyson-Hudson, and Peggy H. Fry
For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99219983
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Turkana (African people)