A Socioeconomic Study of The Iban Today.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
A Socioeconomic Study of The Iban Today. |
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Author :
Joseph Ko Tee Hock |
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Abstract:
In Sarawak, as in the other states of Malaysia, there has been in recent years a burgeoning awareness and interest on how the socioeconomic status of respective ethnic groups have changed through time, either in absolute or relative terms. While there is always a demonstrable need for more appropriate, comprehensive and accurate data to study such changes, our knowledge coiild be significantly advanced by more effective and exhaustive analysis of data that are already available, but often remain grossly underutilized if not completely unknown to researchers; socioeconomic analysts are generally reluctant to make innovative exploitation of existing, sometimes scattered or incomplete data. Statistics from population censuses, for example, provide an invaluable source of such readily available data. With various methodological improvements and developments in recent census data collection, published results provided invaluable raw material for studying socioeconomic pattern and change. And in the current study, interests centre especially on the socioeconomic position of the Iban relative to the other major ethnic groups in Sarawak.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Hock, J. K. T. (1989). A Socioeconomic Study of The Iban Today. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XL (61): 79-96 |
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