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- Title
Hmong Demographic Changes in Laos: Causes and Ecological Consequences.
- Authors
Ireson, W. Randall
- Abstract
This paper seeks to compare migration and residence patterns of Hmong villages in eastern Xieng Khouang, Laos, with traditional patterns recorded elsewhere. The villages studied are stable, primarily populated by nuclear family households, and have rapid population growth. The long history of Hmong residence in the district, lack of significant com- petition from other ethnic groups, local ecology, effects of the Indochina wars, and recent government policy are proposed to explain these patterns. Continued population growth of Hmong and neighbouring groups, coupled with government restrictions on forest access will necessitate significant demographic and economic changes in the future.
- Subjects
LAOS; EMIGRATION &; immigration; HMONG (Asian people); DEMOGRAPHIC change; HOUSEHOLD ecology; ETHNIC groups; POLYGYNY; POPULATION; ASSIMILATION (Sociology)
- Publication
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 1995, Vol 10, Issue 2, p198
- ISSN
0217-9520
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1355/SJ10-2C