Mate Selection and Marital Fertility
The Case of The Yorubas in the Rural Areas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12320289 |
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| Authors | Peter Olasupo Ogunjuyigbe (0000-0002-1957-2338, Obafemi Awolowo University, corresponding author), Adeyemi Oluwagbemiga (0000-0001-8083-8425), Ezekiel Oluwagbemiga Adeyemi (Lagos State University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-15 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0972-0073 • E-ISSN: 2456-6802 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09720073.2003.11890772 |
| OpenAlex | W2182819631 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This study demonstrates that marital fertility varies according to mode of mate selection among the Yorubas. Data for the study were obtained from a survey conducted in two rural communities in Osun State, Nigeria. The study reveals that (i) the involvement of family in choice of partner is declining in the rural communities just as it is happening among the Yorubas in the urban areas (ii) the level of marital fertility is still high among the group in spite of the changing attitudes of the people. The study therefore indicates the need to re-orientate the views of people towards achieving a lower fertility in the rural communities through such measures as incentive giving, education and extension of family planning programmes to the rural areas
Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Marital status · Mate choice · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Rural area · Selection (genetic algorithm · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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