Women at Work: Some Changes in Family Structure in Amedzofe-Avatime, Ghana

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Title:	Women at Work: Some Changes in Family Structure in Amedzofe-Avatime, Ghana
Author:	Brydon, Lynne
Year:	1979
Periodical:	Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:	49
Issue:	2
Pages:	97-111
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	traditional education women's work Women's Issues Labor and Employment Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158668 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1979-049-00-000009
Abstract:	This paper examines some recent developments in family and residential group structure in the village of Amedzofe-Avatime (in the Volta Region of Ghana). It is mainly concerned with the emerging of new patterns of child rearing. Sections: the Avatime - residence in Avatime - development of fostering - fostering in Avatime: 1977 - migration and fostering. Conclusion: the incidence of nuclear family based units is not increasing in modern rural Avatime; the children are being sent from migrant areas to be reared with their grandparents or other relatives in the villages. App., notes, ref., tab., res. en français.