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Bushman Demography 1963-1973, Demography of the Dobe !Kung

Botswana, 1963 - 1973
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bwa-ut-bd-1963-1973-v1
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Nancy Howell
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Oct 29, 2013
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    bwa-ut-bd-1963-1973-v1
    Title
    Bushman Demography 1963-1973
    Subtitle
    Demography of the Dobe !Kung
    Country
    Name Country code
    Botswana bwa
    Study type
    Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
    Series Information
    Howell, Nancy. Bushman Demography 1963-1973: Demography of the Dobe !Kung [dataset]. Version 1. Toronto: University of Toronto [producer], 1979. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ngz6-rh29
    Abstract
    The survey was conducted in 1963-1973 by Nancy Howell of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto. The study collected demographic data from the Bushmen of the Kalahari Deselt of Botswana, including fertility, mortality, and marriage patterns of the famous !Kung hunter-gatherers.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 1: Edited anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date
    1979

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the survey includes reproductive histories of women, and extensive variables on first through fifth marriage, including husband's marital history, place of residence before and after the marriage, fertility, polygany, leviriate, venereal disease, termination of marriage and details of complete pregnancy history. The survey was also a census of individuals: estimated year of birth, sex, migration status for all !Kung and collected data on height and weight measurements: sex, year and season of birth, weight, height, skinfold measurements, arm circumference. Note that multiple measurements were taken for some individuals.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    Botswana, Dobe

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Nancy Howell University of Toronto

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1963 1973

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Howell, Nancy. Bushman Demography 1963-1973: Demography of the Dobe !Kung [dataset]. Version 1. Toronto: University of Toronto [producer], 1979. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ngz6-rh29

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    ddi-can-ut-bd-1963-1973-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-07-21

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    version 3
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