A study of families, households and population in the Union of Burma
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1984
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Aung, Khin May
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Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University
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This thesis reviews the historical writings on families and
households in the Union of Burma, followed by a statistical analysis
of the demographic, social and economic characteristics of household
heads and total population. Where data are available such characteristics
are discussed for various regions.
The review of sociological and anthropological studies of
families and households is based mainly on historical writings. The
customs and behaviour with regard to marriage, kin-relations, divorce
and inheritance, status of women and role of children in different
racial groups have been examined. A varied picture of the ;socio-cultural
pattern of family life of different societies in the Union of Burma was
observed.
A statistical analysis of the family itself is not feasible in
the Union of Burma as information has always been sought by households.
The statistical data on households reveal that the summary indices such
as the average size of household, mean age of the head of the household,
proportion of the total population by marital status, educational
attainment and workforce participation do not show much variation between
the regions, and thus by races. One could generally conclude that
although the minorities depict variation in their customs towards family
life, the characteristics of the people living in various regions, which
broadly approximate racial groups, are not different.
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