Tribal Affiliation
- Degree of affiliation
- Exposure to traditional beliefs and practices
- Acculturation level to dominant culture
- Language spoken at home
- Ancestral history
Geography
- Geographic location of birth
- Years in the primary area of residence (urban or rural village)
Historical Trauma and Generational Experiences
- Colonization
- Missionary era
- Cultural disruption
- Deprivation, and loss
- Other socio-historical context impacting attitudes towards formal systems and health status (see Cohort Experiences)
Role
- Perception of role in collective society as transmitter of cultural knowledge to the young
Religion
- Traditional church practices
- Rituals
- Extent of participation in church activities
Patterns of Decision Making
- Degree of connectedness with family and community
- Quality of the interdependent sense of self
