ANTHROP 1AA3 Chapter Notes -Dowry, Femicide
1 Apr 2013
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Levels of of casuality of death considered in population studies are proximate, intermediate and ultimate causes. Proximate: one that is closest to outcome i. e. dehydration. Intermediate: an offset of the proximate cause i. e. dehydration malnourishment (from dirty-watered breast milk formula) Ultimate: entails the analysis of the deeper economic, political and social factors that put a particular individual at increased risk of dying. Direct infanticide: death of child/infant from beating, smothering, poisoning, or drowning. Indirect infanticide: subtle process, involving prolonged practices such as food deprivation, failure to take a sick infant to the clinic or failure to provide appropriate weather clothing. Infant mortality rate: deaths of children under the age of one year per birth. Some religion approves of infanticide of weak or sickly children mothers believe their dead babies are angel babies . Sex ratio: the number of males per 100 females in a population. Dowry or groom price: price the woman"s family must pay to marry their daughter off.
