Cross Comparative Studies of Aspects of Conjugal Behavior among Women of Three West African Countries

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Title:	Cross Comparative Studies of Aspects of Conjugal Behavior among Women of Three West African Countries
Author:	Pool, Janet E.
Year:	1972
Periodical:	Canadian Journal of African Studies
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pages:	233-259
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Burkina Faso Niger Ghana
Subjects:	marriage women family Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Women's Issues
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/484200
Abstract:	An examination is made of certain aspects of conjugal behavior in order to determine whether 'modernization' (social change, generally derived from Western models and leading to non-traditional patterns of economic and social behavior), particularly the adoption of non-traditional marriage customs, could result either in the continued erosion of the position of; women or in an increase in freedom and an improvement in social status and self-image. The data presented are drawn from surveys carried out between 1965 and 1971 in Ghana, Upper Volta and Niger. Sections: Sources of data - Comparability between samples - Socio-economic characteristics - Age at marriage - Choice of spouse - Types of marriage - Divorce and widowhood Polygyny - Marriage and child-bearing - Conclusion. Notes, tables, figure. Appendix: methodology. Sources to appendix.