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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

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za 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 http://www.support.data1st.org/helpdesk

    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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