title: Abandoning the retentionist model: family and marriage change among the East Indians in rural Trinidad.
abstract: East Indian family life in rural Trinidad is usually analyzed within the framework of the retentionist model, which holds that the East Indians have successfully retained the basic institutions of their home culture.  A restudy of Felicity village demonstrates that the model underestimates the impact of social and economic developments on family and marriage life in this community because it focuses mainly on ideal patterns of culture.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nevadomsky
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012107:Research Design; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago
keywords: Cultural Background; Culture; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Error Sources; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics--changes; Marriage; Marriage Patterns--changes; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Report; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys; Trinidad And Tobago