Aspects of Continuity and Change in Mate-Selection Among the Igbo West of the River Niger

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ID3013653
AuthorsKamene Okonjo (University of Nigeria, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume23
Issue3
Pages339-360
Publication date1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.23.3.339
OpenAlexW63786531
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited5

Using participant observation and the results of an interview of 250 women repeated in two other [Nigerian] surveys the attitudes of Western Igbo women to the variables parental and self-selection of mates arranged marriages the payment of bridewealth polygyny woman to woman marriage levirate marriage father to daughter marriage (Idegbe) pre-marital chastity and the influence of religion education and age on these variables are explored. It is found that certain aspects of the Western Igbo marriage system and practice have been modified by Western practice while others are now disapproved of and can be assumed to be in decline. The central core of the marriage system and practice has however proved stable and remained virtually unchanged and great stock is still laid on affinal relationship. (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA) (EXCERPT)

Geography · Igbo · Niger delta · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Computer Science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy

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