Combining Ethnographic and Survey Methods
A Study of the Nuptiality Patterns of the Shona of Zimbabwe
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 2940965 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Dominique Meekers (0000-0002-7281-3217, Department of Sociology, and Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A., autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1994 |
| Volumen | 25 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 313-328 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Editorial | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.25.3.313 |
| OpenAlex | W2295225973 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 1 |
Large-scale demographic surveys have been criticized by anthropologists because a limited set of standardized questions generally cannot adequately capture the details and complexities of social processes. One way to overcome these limitations is to collect qualitative data. Alternatively, ethnographic information can be used to develop a very detailed survey questionnaire. This study uses data from a detailed survey of the union formation process among the Shona-speaking peoples of Zimbabwe. The questionnaire for this survey was developed on the basis of ethnographic accounts of Shona marriage, and includes questions about a set of specific events that may occur during the development of a Shona union. The data indicate that many couples do not adhere to the traditional marriage customs and form new types of unions. Furthermore, while bridewealth payments traditionally gave a man sexual and reproductive rights to his wife, it is evident that this custom no longer regulates the onset of sexual behaviour and childbearing. This study demonstrates that event-history questionnaires can be used to produce detailed quantitative data which can supplement qualitative data from ethnographic studies
Cartography · Ethnography · General Social Survey · Geography · Political science · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Scale (ratio) · Set (abstract data type) · Shona · Social science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Wife · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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