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Some comments on the 'Report on the results of the 1966 census,' Kingdom of Tonga, 1968
journal of the Polynesian Society • 78 • Published 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