柴达木地区乡村人口的基本特征分析

地处青海西部的柴达木地区近百年来尤其是1949年以后吸引大量人口迁居，形成典型的移民聚居区。文章在对该地区5个乡村田野调查的基础上，结合已有文献资料，运用人口学、社会学以及人类学的相关理论和方法，对整个柴达木地区乡村人口的基本特征进行了初步分析，发现了其人口的移民性、多民族性特征．并对其人口在结构、婚姻、家庭、教育等方面表现出的特征进行了初步总结。

An Analysis of Demographic Patterns of the Rural Population in the Chaidamu Area

The Chaidamu Area in West Qinghai has attracted a large number of migrants over the past century, and particularly since 1949, that became a typical migrant settlement. Drawing upon fieldwork in five villages of the area, existing literature, and demographic, sociological and anthropological theories and methods, the paper conducts a preliminary analysis of the demo- graphic patterns of the rural population in the Chaidamu area, which is characterized by its migration and multi-ethnicity. On this basis, the paper summarizes characteristics of the population in terms of structure, marriage, family, education and so on.