Tribal fertility, mortality, and health care practices
By: R. Mutharayappa.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Kurumba (Indic people) -- Health and hygiene.; Fertility, Human -- India -- Karnataka.; Mortality -- India -- Karnataka.; Medical care -- India -- Karnataka.
Description: With reference to Karnataka, India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-129) and index.
Includes statistical tables.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 1-24; title: 1. General introduction 1; title: 2. Environmental set-up 3; title: (a) General Features of Karataka State 3; title: (b) General Features of Mysore District (under study) 4; title: 3. (a) Tribal situation in India 5; title: (b) Tribes of Kamataka 6; title: 4. A Brief Ethnographic Account; title: of Jenu Kuruba and Kadu Kuruba Tribes 9; title: 5. Origin 10; title: 6. Structure and Marriage Pattern 12; title: 7. Demographic Studies conducted among Tribes; title: of India with particular reference to Kamataka 13; title: 8. Aims and Objectives of the Present Study 18 2. Material and Methods 25-35; title: 1. Area of Study 25; title: 2. Sampling Procedure and Distribution of Households 2 6; title: 3. Interview Schedule and Data Collection 32; title: 4. Data Analysis 33; title: 5. Concepts and Measures used in the Analysis of Data 34; title: 6. Statistical Methods Used 35 3. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Jenu Kuruba and; title: Kadu Kuruba Tribes (Individual, Household and; title: Village Information) 37-50; title: 1. Individual characteristics 37; title: (a) Population size, age, sex and marital status 37; title: (b) Dependency Ratio 43; title: viii / Tribal Fertility, Mortality and Health Care Practices; title: (c) Education 43; title: (d) Occupation 44; title: 2. Household Characteristics 45; title: (a) Land Ownership 45; title: (b) Family Income 46; title: (c) Housing and other Asset Ownership 47; title: 3. Village Amenities; title: 49; title: 4. Socio-Cultural Factors and Marriage 51-66; title: 1. Age at Menarche 51; title: 2. Age at Marriage 54; title: 3. Age at Menarche and age at Marriage 56; title: 4. Education and age at Marriage 58; title: 5. Family Type and age at Marriage 59; title: 6. Ways of acquiring mate, type of Marriage, and; title: Multiple Marriage 60; title: (a) Ways of Acquiring Mate 60; title: (b) Type of Marriage 62; title: (c) Divorce, Separation and Re-marriage 63 5. Factors Affecting Fertility among Tribals 67-84; title: 1. Fertility Levels 67; title: 2. Age at Marriage and Fertility 70; title: 3. Education and Fertility 72; title: 4. Family Type and Fertility 73; title: 5. Multiple Marriages and Fertility 75; title: 6. Ways of Acquiring Mate,; title: Type of Marriage and Fertility 77; title: 7. Abortions and\Fertility 79; title: 8. Family Planning and Fertility 80 6. Mortality, Sickness and Health Care Practices 85-110; title: 1. Levels of Mortality 85; title: 2. Infant and Childhood Mortality 88; title: 3. Sickness and Health Care Practices 90; title: 4. Characteristics of tribal Health Care System 94; title: 5. Profile of Indigenous Health Practitioners 100 7. Summary and Conclusion 111-121; title: 1. Summary 111; title: 2. Conclusion 119.