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Changing patterns of infant mortality and maternal fertility among Pumé foragers and horticulturalists
American anthropologist • 109 (4) • Published In 2007 • Pages: 713-726
By: Kramer, Karen, Greaves, Russel Dean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a demographic study of infant mortality and fertility in several wet and dry season camps in the Capanaparo, Cinaruco, and Riecito Rivers region. In what they regard as an early stage of a demographic transition among the Pumé, the authors find an increase in both birth rates and child survival, in other words, the Pumé mothers do not adjust their fertility levels, as the transition model would suggest. They attribute this increase in fertility to more stable year-round food supply through trade and government aid, which benefits both children and mothers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- Marriage
- Conception
- Infant feeding
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pumé
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2004-2005, 2006
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-2006
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Capanaparo, Cinaruco and Riecito rivers region, eastern Apure, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karen L. Kramer and Russell D. Greaves
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 723-726)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yaruro Indians