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Childcare on Ifaluk
Zeitschrift fnr Ethnologie • 114 • Published In 1989 • Pages: 161-177
By: Betzig, Laura L., Harrigan, Alisa, Turke, Paul.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This articles assesses the value of coopeative childcare on Ifaluk based on demographic and behavioral data obtained through census and observation. Results suggest that women on Ifaluk, like women in other traditional cultures, might augment their fertility by raising their children cooperatively.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Division of labor by gender
- Household
- Family relationships
- Extended families
- Kin relationships
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- Conception
- Childbirth
- Child care
- Students
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Woleai Region
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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 ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- July - November, 1983; January - April, 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ifaluk, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laura Betzig, Alisa Harrigan, Paul Turke
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-177)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2004265250
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia)