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Some comments on the 'Report on the results of the 1966 census,' Kingdom of Tonga, 1968

journal of the Polynesian Society78Published In 1969 • Pages: 212-222

By: Rogers, Garth A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a series of comments covering a variety of topics in the 1966 Tongan census, including comparisons with the 1956 census. The topics included are: population trends; overcrowding and housing shortages; natural, agricultural, and human resources; male and female employment; the land tenure system and pressure on the land; marriage rates and average age at marriage; unemployment, underemployment, and the lack of industrialization. The article is a valuable contribution to understanding contemporary trends in Tongan society.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Population
Composition of population
Real property
Household
Government enterprises
Miscellaneous government activities
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.
Archaeologist
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1956-1966
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tonga
NotesAdditional notes
Garth Rogers
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
08012644
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tongans