Widow and widower remarriage: an analysis in a rural 19th century Costa Rican population and a cross-cultural discussion.
Am J Phys Anthropol
; 122(4): 355-60, 2003 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-14614756
Although the topic of remarriage features saliently in the cultural anthropological literature, it is virtually absent in the biological anthropology journals. This is perplexing, given that remarriage affects the differential reproductive success of males and females in a community, and could well impact a community's population structure. In this paper, we research remarriage practices in a rural 19th century community in Costa Rica. Although we find support for the proposition that males are more likely to remarry than females, we find that widows who remarry are not all young and able to reproduce. Our findings support the cross-culturally-generated suggestion that a female's ability not to remarry is tied to her to ability to own property. Remarriage is a topic of interest to biological anthropologists from a cross-cultural and biocultural perspective.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Casamento
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Viuvez
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Costa rica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Phys Anthropol
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos