New methodological approaches in the anthropological demography of Romani groups : An example from the study of the evolution of the infant and child mortality of the Gitanos or Calé of Spain (1871-2007)

• Published in: Revista da Faculdade de Letras. Sociologia Vol. numero tematico; no. tematico4; pp. 175 - 204
• Main Authors: Gamella, Juan F, Alejandro Quesada Garrido, Elisa Martín Carrasco-Muñoz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese; English
• Published: Porto Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras 01.01.2014; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Universidade do Porto
• Subjects: Child mortality; Children; Demography; Ethnicity; Genealogy; historical demography; infant and child mortality; Infant mortality; Infants; Methodological approaches; Roma/gypsies/gitanos; SOCIOLOGY; Time series; Spain; mortalidade infantil e juvenil; démographie historique; historical demography; mortalidad infantil y juvenil; Roma/gypsies/gitanos; demografia histórica; Romá/Gitanos; demografía histórica; infant and child mortality; Roma/Gitans; ciganos; mortalité infantile et juvénile

Probably the most important change that affected the Gitano people of Spain in its recent history has been the rapid decline in their infant and child mortality patterns. There is however an almost complete absence of studies on this process. Data is difficult to obtain, as ethnic affiliation is usu...