Effects of Parturition on Pelvic Age Indicators
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
forensic science, forensic anthropology, age estimation, parity, pubic symphysis, probit analysis, likelihood ratio
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13085
Abstract
This research assessed whether parity has a differential effect on age indicators of the pelvis. The data were collected from the William M. Bass Donated Skeletal Collection. Age indicators of the pubic symphysis and auricular surface were assessed using the Todd, Suchey–Brooks, Lovejoy et al., and Buckberry and Chamberlain scoring systems. A transition analysis was conducted, and scoring systems of the pubic symphysis showed the parous female group transitioning between eight and 14 years earlier than the nulliparous female and male groups, and 1 and 7 years earlier using the auricular surface methods. A likelihood ratio test produced significantly different results between parous and nulliparous females using the pubic symphysis (p < 0.01) but not the auricular surface (p > 0.05). Although parous females were inaccurately assessed more often than nulliparous females, no correction of methods is necessary at this time as current standards take parity into account by utilizing a lumped female sample.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Forensic Sciences, v. 61, issue 4, p. 1034-1040
Scholar Commons Citation
Bongiovanni, Rosanne, "Effects of Parturition on Pelvic Age Indicators" (2016). Anthropology Faculty Publications. 42.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ant_facpub/42
