essay
Adoption and significance of children to Hawaiian families
Studies in a Hawaiian community : na makamaka o Nanakuli • (1) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 87-101
By: Howard, Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter in the 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17-22, 24-27) focuses on the Hawaiian love for their children. It is based on a survey of 681 households in four Oahu communities. Over a quarter of households have adopted children. Howard discusses the different types of adoption: legal, HANAI (non-legal), and fosterage. Most adoptions occur between relatives or close friends. Half of adopters are grandparents. Adopted children continue to keep in contact with their natal families. Adoption is part of the exchange system and reciprocity practiced by Hawaiians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Family relationships
- Adoption
- Kinship terminology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hawaiians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oahu, Hawaii, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alan Howard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79017014
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawaiians