Abbey Page
@abbeyepage.bsky.social
Lecturer CCE Brunel in working on all things on reproduction, childrearing, early childhood and social support. Thinks in evolutionary and other frameworks. Secretary of EHBEA. 🩷💜💙🩵
We found that:
1) Age < investment a lot while grandkids >
2) More dependent children = less care per grandchild
3) More grandchildren = less care per grandchild esp the younger grandkids under 2 years
Support is diluted, not absent - but heavily constrained by demographics
1) Age < investment a lot while grandkids >
2) More dependent children = less care per grandchild
3) More grandchildren = less care per grandchild esp the younger grandkids under 2 years
Support is diluted, not absent - but heavily constrained by demographics
May 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We found that:
1) Age < investment a lot while grandkids >
2) More dependent children = less care per grandchild
3) More grandchildren = less care per grandchild esp the younger grandkids under 2 years
Support is diluted, not absent - but heavily constrained by demographics
1) Age < investment a lot while grandkids >
2) More dependent children = less care per grandchild
3) More grandchildren = less care per grandchild esp the younger grandkids under 2 years
Support is diluted, not absent - but heavily constrained by demographics
Friday afternoon well spent TBF
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Friday afternoon well spent TBF
8/ 3️⃣ intragenerational conflict
High fertility rates (TFR = 7.7) mean Agta grandmothers can have up to 30 grandkids, creating competition 👶
More grandchildren = less investment per child 📉
Our models showed that grandmothers with more young grandkids decreased investment by up to 34%
High fertility rates (TFR = 7.7) mean Agta grandmothers can have up to 30 grandkids, creating competition 👶
More grandchildren = less investment per child 📉
Our models showed that grandmothers with more young grandkids decreased investment by up to 34%
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
8/ 3️⃣ intragenerational conflict
High fertility rates (TFR = 7.7) mean Agta grandmothers can have up to 30 grandkids, creating competition 👶
More grandchildren = less investment per child 📉
Our models showed that grandmothers with more young grandkids decreased investment by up to 34%
High fertility rates (TFR = 7.7) mean Agta grandmothers can have up to 30 grandkids, creating competition 👶
More grandchildren = less investment per child 📉
Our models showed that grandmothers with more young grandkids decreased investment by up to 34%
7/ 👵 Soooo because of reproductive scheduling, long dependency periods, plus increasing hazard of mortality from age 60....
the "helping window" from grandmothering is short = on average just 7 years ⬇️
But these fully ‘post reproductive’ grandmothers still did less childcare – why?
the "helping window" from grandmothering is short = on average just 7 years ⬇️
But these fully ‘post reproductive’ grandmothers still did less childcare – why?
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
7/ 👵 Soooo because of reproductive scheduling, long dependency periods, plus increasing hazard of mortality from age 60....
the "helping window" from grandmothering is short = on average just 7 years ⬇️
But these fully ‘post reproductive’ grandmothers still did less childcare – why?
the "helping window" from grandmothering is short = on average just 7 years ⬇️
But these fully ‘post reproductive’ grandmothers still did less childcare – why?
6/ 2️⃣ High mortality and frailty
Given high mortality rates many grandmothers were dead (~45-55% kids had dead grandmothers) and after the age of 60 face poor health which limits investment ☠️
Grandmothers aged over 60 did basically no childcare!
Given high mortality rates many grandmothers were dead (~45-55% kids had dead grandmothers) and after the age of 60 face poor health which limits investment ☠️
Grandmothers aged over 60 did basically no childcare!
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
6/ 2️⃣ High mortality and frailty
Given high mortality rates many grandmothers were dead (~45-55% kids had dead grandmothers) and after the age of 60 face poor health which limits investment ☠️
Grandmothers aged over 60 did basically no childcare!
Given high mortality rates many grandmothers were dead (~45-55% kids had dead grandmothers) and after the age of 60 face poor health which limits investment ☠️
Grandmothers aged over 60 did basically no childcare!
5/ to test this we ran some Bayesian models to show that each kid aged under 11 reduces grandmaternal direct care are by ~20%!
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
5/ to test this we ran some Bayesian models to show that each kid aged under 11 reduces grandmaternal direct care are by ~20%!
5/ 🔗 Where couples live after marriage deeply shapes family dynamics. These systems are adaptive, shifting with social and ecological needs. They help facilitate allomothering and are tied up with inheritance, descent and #Kinship
January 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
5/ 🔗 Where couples live after marriage deeply shapes family dynamics. These systems are adaptive, shifting with social and ecological needs. They help facilitate allomothering and are tied up with inheritance, descent and #Kinship
3/ 🔄 Marriage systems are malleable, adapting to changing social and ecological needs. However, personal preferences don’t always align with what’s possible due to social, economic, or cultural pressures.
Most cultures prefer polygyny but most people marry monogamously!
Most cultures prefer polygyny but most people marry monogamously!
January 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
3/ 🔄 Marriage systems are malleable, adapting to changing social and ecological needs. However, personal preferences don’t always align with what’s possible due to social, economic, or cultural pressures.
Most cultures prefer polygyny but most people marry monogamously!
Most cultures prefer polygyny but most people marry monogamously!
Commonly underrepresented women were no less likely to use the survey feature and enjoyed using it
its important to us that women who give up their time get sometime back from the app - they value it to and we will keep working on this with more feedback mechanisms
its important to us that women who give up their time get sometime back from the app - they value it to and we will keep working on this with more feedback mechanisms
July 12, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Commonly underrepresented women were no less likely to use the survey feature and enjoyed using it
its important to us that women who give up their time get sometime back from the app - they value it to and we will keep working on this with more feedback mechanisms
its important to us that women who give up their time get sometime back from the app - they value it to and we will keep working on this with more feedback mechanisms
Happily, it went better than expected - all our participants used the survey feature regularly for four weeks, reported enjoying and looking forward to it.
Daily reporting was akin to journalling 📖, helping women reflect and acknowledge their progress and when they needed help
Daily reporting was akin to journalling 📖, helping women reflect and acknowledge their progress and when they needed help
July 12, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Happily, it went better than expected - all our participants used the survey feature regularly for four weeks, reported enjoying and looking forward to it.
Daily reporting was akin to journalling 📖, helping women reflect and acknowledge their progress and when they needed help
Daily reporting was akin to journalling 📖, helping women reflect and acknowledge their progress and when they needed help
SO - we teamed up with Best Beginnings to develop an daily survey feature on the BabyBuddyApp and enrolled existing and diverse users on to a pilot project
July 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
SO - we teamed up with Best Beginnings to develop an daily survey feature on the BabyBuddyApp and enrolled existing and diverse users on to a pilot project
Our work on social support and infant feeding hit a wall trying to unpick causal relationships between support, #infantfeeding, experience and need with retrospective surveys
we ask a bunch of questions months or even *years* later about things WHICH CHANGE ALL THE TIME
we ask a bunch of questions months or even *years* later about things WHICH CHANGE ALL THE TIME
July 12, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Our work on social support and infant feeding hit a wall trying to unpick causal relationships between support, #infantfeeding, experience and need with retrospective surveys
we ask a bunch of questions months or even *years* later about things WHICH CHANGE ALL THE TIME
we ask a bunch of questions months or even *years* later about things WHICH CHANGE ALL THE TIME
Likewise - market integration was predictive of lower fertility but the effects were stronger and more consistent in the most integrated populations 🛒
February 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Likewise - market integration was predictive of lower fertility but the effects were stronger and more consistent in the most integrated populations 🛒
BUT! Individual measures are! 🎣🍢🚜
We have moderate evidence that more foraging was associated with lower fertility (plot A) while increases in farming (plot B-D) strongly associated with increased fertility but as you can see the trends are not consistent in all populations
We have moderate evidence that more foraging was associated with lower fertility (plot A) while increases in farming (plot B-D) strongly associated with increased fertility but as you can see the trends are not consistent in all populations
February 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
BUT! Individual measures are! 🎣🍢🚜
We have moderate evidence that more foraging was associated with lower fertility (plot A) while increases in farming (plot B-D) strongly associated with increased fertility but as you can see the trends are not consistent in all populations
We have moderate evidence that more foraging was associated with lower fertility (plot A) while increases in farming (plot B-D) strongly associated with increased fertility but as you can see the trends are not consistent in all populations
hunter-gatherers mean fertility was not lower than the others and credible intervals are large and overlapping for all groups. subsistence typology isn't a useful proxy for behavioural predictors of fertility!
February 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
hunter-gatherers mean fertility was not lower than the others and credible intervals are large and overlapping for all groups. subsistence typology isn't a useful proxy for behavioural predictors of fertility!
Fertility (here captured as predicted cumulative fertility at age 60) likewise varied - a lot. this variation DID NOT - unsurprisingly given the variance show above - map on to subsistence typologies
February 13, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Fertility (here captured as predicted cumulative fertility at age 60) likewise varied - a lot. this variation DID NOT - unsurprisingly given the variance show above - map on to subsistence typologies
To prove a point - first we explored just how variable individuals subsistence was within populations and within subsistence types.
Here we see that women - to varying degrees - engaged it a wide range of economic activities not necessarily aligned with their 'type'
Here we see that women - to varying degrees - engaged it a wide range of economic activities not necessarily aligned with their 'type'
February 13, 2024 at 11:53 AM
To prove a point - first we explored just how variable individuals subsistence was within populations and within subsistence types.
Here we see that women - to varying degrees - engaged it a wide range of economic activities not necessarily aligned with their 'type'
Here we see that women - to varying degrees - engaged it a wide range of economic activities not necessarily aligned with their 'type'
Cross posting from the other place for #bioanth jobs
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology as Assistant Professor in "Paleoanthropology" with
Apply until 3rd December 2023 via mnf.uzh.ch/paleoanthro! #bioanth#paleontology #professorship
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology as Assistant Professor in "Paleoanthropology" with
Apply until 3rd December 2023 via mnf.uzh.ch/paleoanthro! #bioanth#paleontology #professorship
October 25, 2023 at 8:38 AM
Cross posting from the other place for #bioanth jobs
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology as Assistant Professor in "Paleoanthropology" with
Apply until 3rd December 2023 via mnf.uzh.ch/paleoanthro! #bioanth#paleontology #professorship
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology as Assistant Professor in "Paleoanthropology" with
Apply until 3rd December 2023 via mnf.uzh.ch/paleoanthro! #bioanth#paleontology #professorship
#bioanth jobs from the other place
Assistant Professor (tenure track) Biological Anthropology, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor (tenure track) Biological Anthropology, University of Alberta
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October 23, 2023 at 6:01 PM
#bioanth jobs from the other place
Assistant Professor (tenure track) Biological Anthropology, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor (tenure track) Biological Anthropology, University of Alberta
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Don't think Adrian Jaeggi is here yet so cross posting this from the other place
They are looking for contributors for a special issue on mental health from anthropological perspectives
#bioanth #CulturalEvolution
They are looking for contributors for a special issue on mental health from anthropological perspectives
#bioanth #CulturalEvolution
October 20, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Don't think Adrian Jaeggi is here yet so cross posting this from the other place
They are looking for contributors for a special issue on mental health from anthropological perspectives
#bioanth #CulturalEvolution
They are looking for contributors for a special issue on mental health from anthropological perspectives
#bioanth #CulturalEvolution
Are sharks really dangerous is currently the fav t-shirt of this little guy 🩷💙🩵🦈
October 13, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Are sharks really dangerous is currently the fav t-shirt of this little guy 🩷💙🩵🦈
If anyone has a spare code can you send my way to share with some more people who got in contact!
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September 25, 2023 at 1:03 PM
If anyone has a spare code can you send my way to share with some more people who got in contact!
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