Demography and Polygyny in a Southern Sudanese Agro-pastoralist Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21069568 |
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| Authors | E A Roth (0000-0002-9128-0997, University of Victoria, corresponding author), K B Kurup (United Nations Children’s Fund - Sudan) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 67-73 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0229-009X • E-ISSN: 2563-710X |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1085913ar |
| OpenAlex | W4312300911 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Survey data from eight Toposa villages were used to examine the demographic effects of polygyny upon this Southern Sudanese agro-pastoralist population. Direct age standardization of fertility rates revealed lower fertility for women in polygynous unions, as measured by maternal age and marital duration. Indirect techniques of mortality estimation indicated higher childhood mortality for offspring of polygynous marriages. The underlying rationale for these demographic differentials is attributed to Toposa social structure, including the economic value of women, gerontocracy and residential patterns
Birth rate · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Marital status · Pastoralism · Polygyny · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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| Highly cited | No |
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