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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
Producer(s)
Nancy Howell
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Oct 29, 2013
Last modified
Jul 21, 2020
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Identification

Survey ID Number
bwa-ut-bd-1963-1973-v1
Title
Bushman Demography 1963-1973, Demography of the Dobe !Kung
Subtitle
Demography of the Dobe !Kung
Country
Name Country code
Botswana bwa
Study type
Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
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 Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email URL
DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org Link
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
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org Link

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
DDI Document version
version 3
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