The value of children: alloparenting in Samoa

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dc.contributor.authorForrester, Deanna Lee
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBarrett, Louise
dc.contributor.supervisorBonnell, Tyler R.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T17:26:06Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T17:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelPh.Den_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the impact of alloparenting by children in Samoa. Survey data was used to explore whether children’s help in the household (“alloparental care”) influenced female fertility. I showed that children’s help had positive effects on both number of offspring and interbirth interval, but there was no influence of the sex of the first-born offspring; that is, having first-born daughters as potential helpers did not boost female reproduction compared to first-born sons. Building on this finding, I present ethological data on daily activities (including allocare) observed in twenty-five Samoan households in a single village. Contrary to received wisdom, these data showed that a division of labour by sex is not evident in children under the age of fifteen. I suggest this explains the lack of an effect of offspring sex. Finally, understanding the necessity of ecologically valid measures is explored through a series of open-ended interviews with Samoan women.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Society of Human Ethology (ISHE); Wenner Gren Foundationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5712
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0621en_US
dc.proquest.subject0602en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectChild caregivers -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectKinship care -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectChild rearing -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectBrothers and sisters -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectSamoa -- Social life and customsen_US
dc.subjectFamilies -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectFertility, Human -- Research -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectFertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Samoaen_US
dc.subjectalloparenting by childrenen_US
dc.subjectfemale fertilityen_US
dc.subjectallocareen_US
dc.subjectsibling alloparentingen_US
dc.subjectchildhood division of labouren_US
dc.subjectsex of first-bornen_US
dc.subjectfertility rateen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleThe value of children: alloparenting in Samoaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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