Regional marriage patterns and trends in Northern Sudan
Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most comparative studies of nuptiality it has been usual to characterize sub-Saharan pattern of marriage as “early and universal”. Early and virtually continuous marriage throughout a woman's reproductive years is also maintained by several related marriage customs including polygyny, levirate marriage, and bride wealth or bride price (van de Walle, 1968;Goldman and Pebley, 1986).
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1989-08-01
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Authors: | Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman Ibrahim |
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ScholarlyCommons |
Subject: | Africa | Sudan | marriage | marriage patterns | marriage customs | polygyny | bridewealth | bride wealth | bride price | nuptiality | fertility | Sudan Fertility Survey | data | survey | census | households | Sub-Saharan Africa | marital status | World Fertility Surveys | cohabitation | age | timing | regional variations | regional differences | single | nomadic | age at first marriage | marital history | migration | marital trends |
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