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Vital statistics of five Warao subtribes

Demographic and biological studies of the Warao Indians45Published In 1980 • Pages: 60-69

By: Layrisse, Miguel, Heinen, H. Dieter, Salas, George.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper presents a compilation of vital statistics relevant to the five subtribes of Warao studied by Wilbert and others during the period of 1954-1976. These subtribes are the Winikina, Arawabisi, Koberuna, Sakobana, and Hobure. The data collected provides information on age and sex characteristics of the population, fertility and birth statistics, mortality, polygyny, and inbreeding.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Genetics
Composition of population
Birth statistics
Mortality
Regulation of marriage
Polygamy
Tribe and nation
Kinship regulation of sex
Pregnancy
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Warao
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Amazon and Orinoco
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.
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.
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
John Beierle ; 2000
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1954-1974
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1954-1976
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
NotesAdditional notes
Miguel Layrisse, George Salas, and H. Dieter Heinen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 69)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78620049
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Warao Indians