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Household composition in the Tongan Islands: a question of options and alternatives
Journal of anthropological research • 31 • Published In 1975 • Pages: 235-259
By: Dector Korn, Shulamit Rose.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Dector Korn argues that 'Tongan household structure is most clearly understood within a decision-making framework as the outcome of different ways of satisfying the material and social demands on the individuals and family groups who make up the households, considered in relation to the resources available to them' (p. 235). To demonstrate her point, she discusses variation in household structure, fluctuation of household composition, an example of a household, the criteria of economic viability, which is the principal reason that a number of families and/or individuals choose to form a single household, sources of household income, determinants of household composition, and a theoretical discussion of choice and decision.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Real property
- Income and demand
- Household
- Nuclear family
- Extended families
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- 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 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
- Martin J. Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- July 1969- May 1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Motulahi (pseudonym), Tongatapu Island, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shulamit Rose Dector Korn
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73645054
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans