Bedik and Niokholonko of Senegal

Inter‐village relationship inferred from migration data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8317458
AutoresJean-Marc Lalouel (University of Geneva), J M Lalouel, A Langaney (0000-0003-0005-5645, University of Geneva)
Año1976
Volumen45
Número3
Páginas453-466
Fecha de publicación1976-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330450307
OpenAlexW2071137555
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas18

This study deals with matrimonial migration between eleven villages of a well‐defined area of East‐Sénégal, belonging to one of two ethnic groups: the Bedik and the Niokholonko. An attempt to relate the proportion of non‐migrants to physical properties of the communication network between villages shows no effect of the relative location of each village in this network. Fit of data to a gravitational model, an analysis of migrational flows between villages, as well as the computation of an index of genetic similarity between villages, all point to the primary importance of the ethnic barrier, geographical distance playing a lesser role. Multidimensional scaling methods applied to a measure of functional association proved to be a useful means to investigate possible dyssymmetry of exchanges, here primarily in favor of the Bedik

Economic geography · Ethnic group · Geography · Gravity model of trade · Index (typography) · Multidimensional scaling · Similarity (geometry) · Sociology · Statistics · Anthropology · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Demography · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models · Mathematics