Preliminary Investigations of Demographic Features and Ecological Variables of a Micronesian Island Population
Underwood, Jane Hainline (1969). "Preliminary Investigations of Demographic Features and Ecological Variables of a Micronesian Island Population". Micronesica. 5 (1): 1–24. ISSN 2374-801X.
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Abstract: In this paper the demography of Yap is described as an initial step toward a more complete analysis of the population genetics and ecology of this West Caro-linian island in Micronesia. Some of the ecological variables influencing teh composition, distribution, and structuring of the population are discussed. The data presented here were collected in the field during a total of eighteen months of residence on the Yap Islands. During this period, extensive census and genea-logical surveys, anthropometric examinations, blood sample collection, ecological and nutritional research, and ethnographic studies were carried out. Collation and processing of population and demographic data were undertaken and are continuing at the University of Arizona, Tucson. 2 Collection and sources of data Census and genealogical information was collected from a variety of sources, and by several different methods. A census-genealogy form was completed for each individual examined in the course of an island-wide anthropometric study (exceeding 700 adults examined), including data on reproductive history for each female examined. Extant Clerk of the Court records were copied in toto for all recorded births and deaths, extending from ca. 1949 to the present. Church records were generously made available to me by Father F. X. Condon of the Sacred Heart Mission, Yap. A master index was constructed from the files maintained by Staff Anthropologist of the Trust Territory Administration, Yap, Francis Defngin. These files included names, birthdates in some cases, village of residence and village of birth. In addition, for several municipalities or districts, field assistants and I collected census-genealogical data for all residents, working with informants and 1
