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ERIC Number: EJ373942
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Fertility, Infant Feeding, and Change in Yucatan.
Howrigan, Gail A.
New Directions for Child Development, v40 p37-50 Sum 1988
Although 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, such as bottle-feeding, are maladaptive, at least in the short run. (RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Rate, Breastfeeding, Child Caregivers, Foreign Countries, Health, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Social Change, Social Class, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Infant Care; Mexico (Yucatan); Yucatec Mayan
Note: Thematic Issue: Parental Behavior in Diverse Societies