The Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS): Nine years (2002-2010) of annual data available to the public

William R Leonard; Victoria Reyes-García; Susan Tanner; Asher Rosinger; Alan Schultz; Vincent Vadez; Rebecca Zhang; Ricardo Godoy

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2015.07.004

The Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS): Nine years (2002-2010) of annual data available to the public

Econ Hum Biol. 2015 Dec:19:51-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Aug 2.

Authors

William R Leonard¹, Victoria Reyes-García², Susan Tanner³, Asher Rosinger⁴, Alan Schultz⁵, Vincent Vadez⁶, Rebecca Zhang⁷, Ricardo Godoy⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, 1810 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² ICREA and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, 355 South Jackson Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, 355 South Jackson Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ ICRISAT, Patancheru 502324, Telangana, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Federal Reserve Board, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

This brief communication contains a description of the 2002-2010 annual panel collected by the Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study team. The study took place among the Tsimane', a native Amazonian society of forager-horticulturalists. The team tracked a wide range of socio-economic and anthropometric variables from all residents (633 adults ≥16 years; 820 children) in 13 villages along the Maniqui River, Department of Beni. The panel is ideally suited to examine how market exposure and modernization affect the well-being of a highly autarkic population and to examine human growth in a non-Western rural setting.

Keywords: Acculturation; Anthropometry; Bolivia; Demography; Health.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acculturation
Adolescent
Adult
Anthropometry*
Bolivia / epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Economics / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Health Status*
Humans
Indians, South American / statistics & numerical data*
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental Health / ethnology
Middle Aged
Nutritional Status
Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
Substance-Related Disorders / ethnology

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding