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Abstract
The 1983 Somali Family Health Survey showed that polygamy and monogamy selected women with different social characteristics. Wives in polygamous unions were prone to be younger at first martial cohabitation and to have previous marital disruptions. Since a young age at first cohabitation and number of previous marriages have opposite effects on the cumulative fertility rate of women, the difference in this rate between wives in polygamous and monogamous unions vanished when both factors were controlled in a multivariate analysis.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Arab Countries; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Fertility; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Nuptiality; Polygamy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Remarriage; Somalia; Urban Population
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2722909 DOI： 10.1017/s002193200001782x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosoc Sci ISSN： 0021-9320