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The methods and uses of anthropological demography

Author: Alaka Malwade Basu; Peter Aaby; IUSSP Committee on Anthropological Demography.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series: International studies in demography.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This volume takes stock of the status of the comparatively new discipline of anthropological demography, and discusses its major methods, its main strengths, and its chief limitations.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alaka Malwade Basu; Peter Aaby; IUSSP Committee on Anthropological Demography.
ISBN: 0198293372 9780198293378
OCLC Number: 38549907
Notes: "Outcome of a workshop organized by the Scientific Committee on Anthropological Demography of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population"--Pref.
Description: x, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Approaches to Anthropological Demography / Alaka Malwade Basu and Peter Aaby --
1. Methodological Advances in Studying the Social Context of AIDS in Africa / John C. Caldwell, I. O. Orubuloye and Pat Caldwell --
2. Participant Observation in Demographic Research: Fieldwork Experiences in a Ghanaian Community / Sjaak van der Geest --
3. Using Qualitative Data for Understanding Old-Age Security and Fertility / John Knodel --
4. Anthropological Insights into the Links between Women's Status and Demographic Behaviour, Illustrated with the Notions of Hypergamy and Territorial Exogamy / Alaka Malwade Basu
Series Title: International studies in demography.
Responsibility: edited by Alaka Malwade Basu, Peter Aaby.
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