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• Gender - range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between masculinity and femininity
• Socioeconomic status (SES) - economic and sociological status of a person or a family’s economic position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation
• Ethnicity - identity of an individual that belongs to a cultural, religious or national community
• Religion - unified system of beliefs and practices by a moral community
• Identity - distinctive characteristics of an individual that belongs to a particular group
• Food Taboos mostly rooted from culture, religions
• Istambays - regarded as thefts, most of them have difficulty in finding jobs in the country
• Political Dynasties refers to groups whose members (mostly family members) are involved in politics
• Elections -  decision-making process which a population chooses an individual to hold public office
• Social Change  - transformation and alters roles of status of people, organization of society and its institutions
• Political Change - alteration in way power and authority 
• Anthropology - study of biological, cultural and social aspects of man. Derived from 2 greek words, “anthropos” which means man and “logos” which means “study” or “inquiry”
• Social Anthropology - social patterns practices, and cultural variations
• Cultural Anthropology - cultural variation across different societies and examines the need to
• Linguistic Anthropology - language and discourse and how they reflect and shape different aspects of human society and culture
• Biological Anthropology studies the origins of humans,  social factors and processes of human evolution, adaptation, and variation
• Political Science  - the systematic study of politics
• Sociology - the study of human social life, groups, and society. It attempts to provide a deeper assessment of individual and group behavior