Journal article
Effect of household structure on female reproductive strategies in a Caribbean village
Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.), Vol.12(3), pp.169-189
09/2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105003
PMID: 26192275
Abstract
Household structure may have strong effects on reproduction. This study uses household demographic data for 59 women in a Caribbean village to test evolutionary hypotheses concerning variation in reproductive strategies. Father-absence during childhood, current household composition, and household economic status are predicted to influence age at first birth, number of mates, reproductive success, and pair-bond stability. Criterion variables did not associate in a manner indicative of r- and K-strategies. Father-absence in early childhood had little influence on subsequent reproduction. Household wealth and alloparenting were positively associated with age at first birth. Alloparenting was negatively associated with reproductive success. Women in long-term conjugal unions had higher reproductive success than did single women. Number of adult male kin resident in the household was negatively associated with women’s number of mates.
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- Title
- Effect of household structure on female reproductive strategies in a Caribbean village
- Creators
- Robert Quinlan - University of Missouriour Columbia
- Publication Details
- Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.), Vol.12(3), pp.169-189
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag; New York
- Identifiers
- 99900546881601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article