Dissertation Research: Demographic Variation and Social Organization among the Iban of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

本项目支持亚利桑那州立大学人类学研究生的博士论文研究，研究印度尼西亚部落社会的人口变化。将研究六个当地社会，以回答有关人口变量对婚姻选择的影响以及由此产生的居住和行为模式的问题。该项目将测试一个假设，即配偶的选择会因当地人口规模和分布、年龄结构、性别比例和家庭规模而异。以往关于婚姻选择和择偶规则影响的研究没有记录详细的人口统计数据，因此无法深入研究人口统计过程和婚姻规则之间的相互作用。方法包括参与观察、结构化访谈和家庭户主深度访谈。大多数人口统计研究都是在大规模的社会中进行的，然而来自简单社会的基本数据对于检验人类人口统计功能和社会进化理论很重要。这项研究对热带国家对计划生育感兴趣的决策者也很有价值。

This project supports the dissertation research of an anthropology graduate student from Arizona State University, studying the demographic variation in a tribal society in Indonesia. Six local societies will be studied to answer questions about the effects of demographic variables on marriage choice and the resultant patterns of residence and behavior. The project will test the hypothesis that choice of spouses will vary between communities with local population size and distribution as well as age structure, sex ratios and family size. Previous studies of the effects of marriage choices and preferential mating rules did not record detailed demographic data, so the interaction between demographic processes and marriage rules could not be intensively studied. Methods include participant observation, structured interviews, and in-depth interviews with family heads. Most demographic research is on large scale societies, yet basic data from simple societies is important to test theories of human demographic function and social evolution. This research will also be valuable to decision makers interested in family planning in the tropic world.