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Title:The Effects of Polygyny and Domicility on Offspring Sex Ration in Ghana
Author:Amankwaa, Adansi A.ISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:African and Asian Studies
Volume:6
Issue:4
Period:November
Pages:431-456
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:polygamy
household composition
sex distribution
nationalism
Health and Nutrition
Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports)
Marital Relations and Nuptiality
Cultural Roles
External link:https://doi.org/10.1163/156921007X236972
Abstract:This article explores how family structure and domicility influences offspring sex ratio bias, specifically living arrangements of husband in polygynous unions. Data from three Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (1993, 1998 and 2003) were used to examine the relationship between family structure and offspring sex ratio at birth, something that previous studies have not been able to do. This study estimates models of sex ratio offspring if wives live together with husband present and if wives live in separate dwellings and are visited by the husband in turn. The results suggest that within polygynous marriages there are more male births, especially when husbands reside in the same dwelling as wives, than when husbands reside in separate dwellings from their wives. The analyses show that offspring sex ratio is related to the structure of living arrangement of husbands in polygynous unions. Indeed, the findings suggest that living arrangements and family structure among humans are important factors in predicting offspring sex ratio bias. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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