OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between socioeconomic factors affecting contraceptive use among tribal women of Bangladesh with focusing on son preference over daughter. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study used data gathered through a cross sectional survey on four tribal communities resided in the Rangamati Hill District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. A multistage random sampli...

background: to study the prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in tribal women and to assess the treatment seeking behavior of affected women. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in khardi, a tribal village, selected by random sampling, in thane district, maharashtra, india during the period october 2010 to january 2011. all women aged 20 years and above wer...

Full Citation: Kelly, D. (2013). ‘Moral Disgust and The Tribal Instincts Hypothesis,' Cooperation and Its Evolution, Eds. K. Sterelny, R. Joyce, Calcott, B, & B. Fraser. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, pages 503-524. http://www.amazon.com/Cooperation-Evolution-Life-Mind-Philosophical/dp/0262018535 Moral Disgust and Tribal Instincts: A Byproduct Hypothesis By Daniel R. Kelly Department of Philosop...

objective: himalayan mountain populations have been dependent upon indigenous plant resources for their health care for many years. tribal women are interested in use of local herbs for cosmetic purposes. the present work is based on the results of research conducted on cosmetic uses of some important plants by the tribal women in district poonch, azad kashmir pakistan. materials and methods: a...

traces of a class of social science and a philosophical interpretation of history could be found in the writings of famous religious and political figures as well as in some of acclaimed poets’ works of islamic era. in this regard, poems of ibn motaz, as a member of abbasid family and because of extensive tribal struggles between abbasids and alavis, are of considerable significance and are con...

it  is  the  tribal  structure  of  society  and  power  with  which  one  can  explain  many  developments  in  ancient  iran  in  particular  in  the  achaemenian  period.  the  ancient  authors  confirm  that  seven  families with various  names  played  an  important  role  in  political,  economic and  military  structures  of  persia  from  this time  up  to  the end of  sasanian  period....

India’s Northeast has long been risen by protracted armed conflicts for secession and movements other forms of autonomy. Northeast, the confederation eight states (i.e, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim Tripura) is home to around 200 indigenous communities. All these communities struggle recognition Indian government have their own respective identity. This...