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Adoption by rank on Ifaluk
American anthropologist • 90 (1) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 111-119
By: Betzig, Laura L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines relations between adoption and rank based on statistical comparison of adaptive patterns among four categories of people in Ifaluk, namely; chiefs, successors, salaried men and low-status men. It shows that adoption helps effectively match children and child care resources across these four categories of people. The author used this crucial function of adoption to explain why 'sucessor chiefs' produced more children than outgoing chiefs who otherwise enjoyed more control over critical material resources and extra time.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Population
- Composition of population
- Income and demand
- Status, role, and prestige
- Family relationships
- Nuclear family
- Adoption
- Kin relationships
- Community heads
- Child care
- 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
- 1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ifaluk, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laura L. Betzig
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia)