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The Classification of Residence in Censuses [PDF]
American Anthropologist, 1958 or ideal pattern of a whole society, (2) to classify the varying forms of residence of a series of married couples, or (3) to classify the residence forms of individuals, whether married or not. Thus in an ethnography one might encounter statements "Residence in this society is normally avunculocal" or "My informant and his wife lived avunculocally" or
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Diversification et intégration inter-specifique dans les élevages ruraux au Burkina Faso [PDF]
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 1999 Diversification and inter-species integration in rural livestock system in Burkina Faso. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of existing relation between several animal species bred in extensive livestock systems.
Nianogo A.J., Somda J.
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Whiteness in Latin America: measurement and meaning in national censuses (1850-1950)
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2009 Whiteness in Latin America: measurement and meaning in national censuses (1850-1950). Drawing on an analysis of all national censuses conducted in Latin America from 1850 to 1950, this article examines how tacit assumptions about the nature of ...
Mara Loveman
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Do Universal Free School Meals Improve the Dietary Quality of Food‐At‐Home Purchases?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since 2014, the number of schools offering universal free meals to all enrolled children without requiring annual meal applications has increased meaningfully. Using USDA's Purchase to Plate Crosswalk, a difference‐in‐differences framework, and a nationwide consumer panel, the effect of universal‐free‐meal exposure on the diet quality of food ...
Xueying Ma +2 more
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Linking censuses through time: problems and solutions [PDF]
, 2002 This paper reviews the difficulties encountered when attempting to study social change by comparing data from successive censuses, and describes a system designed to provide integrated online access to data from the 1971, 1981 and 1991 Censuses in Great ...
Mitchell, R. +5 more
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Nigeria’s recent population censuses: a Benford-theoretic evaluation [PDF]
, 2018 Context: Population censuses in Nigeria have been plagued with under- or over-enumeration, as well as outright manipulation. This paper examines the claim of manipulated results of Nigeria’s 1991 and 2006 population censuses.Data Source & Method ...
Ikoba, Nehemiah A +2 more
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, 1898 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Measuring disability in censuses
Alter, 2009 This paper reports on findings from the South African census content research to develop a disability set of questions for Census 2011. The findings of this research are used to determine, firstly, whether the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) Short Set (revised for the South African context) is an appropriate set of questions to measure ...
Schneider, Marguerite +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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