Book
Demography of the Dobe !Kung
Academic Press • New York • Published In 1979 • Pages: 22, 389
By: Howell, Nancy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a thorough study of the demography of the !Kung of the Dobe area of Botswana. A lengthy discussion of demographic theory and method is included along with the demographic facts. Topics covered include mortality, fertility, marriage and divorce. The fertility of the Dobe !Kung is found to be surprisingly low. Fertility is then analyzed comparatively, and in terms of women's and men's fertility rates. In addition, three chapters are devoted to the analysis of computer simulations of the Dobe population. Finally, the genetic implications of Dobe !Kung demography are considered, before the source concluded with demographic predictions for the future. Included in this work are over 100 figures, and many photos. In general, this piece is very thorough in its treatment of !Kung demography. There is, however, much more theoretical and methodological discussion than there is relevant data.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Birth statistics
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Conception
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Christopher Latham
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June 1967-April 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dobe area, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy Howell
- General demographic theory and method is indexed for Theoretical Orientation (121). Actual statistical applications and models, along with detailed discussions of these, are indexed for Organization and Analysis of Results of Research (128).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-375)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79010147
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)