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The population of Tikopia, 1929 and 1952
Population studies • 10 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 229-252
By: Borrie, W. D., Firth, Raymond, Spillius, James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the authors attempted to establish the demographic trends and patterns on Tikopia for the population in general, birth rates, infant mortality, fertility and, the death rate. This study is based upon data collected during Firth's two field trips in 1928 and in 1952.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tikopia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Statistician
- 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
- Robert J. Theodoratus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928, 1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1928, 1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] W. D. Borrie, Raymond Firth, and James Spillius
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)