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Fertility, infant feeding, and change in Yucatán
Author(s) -
Howrigan Gail A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219884006
Subject(s) - fertility , agrarian society , developing country , psychology , geography , sociology , economic growth , economics , demography , agriculture , population , archaeology
While the Yucatec pattern of child care conforms on the whole to the pattern seen in other agrarian societies, it is currently becoming destabilized as the society becomes more modern. Some of the developing customs are maladaptive, at least in the short run.