Marital Status and Reproductive Performance in Kipsigis Women
Re-evaluating the Polygyny-Fertility Hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4267644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M B Mulder (0000-0003-1117-5984, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 285-304 |
| Publication date | 1989-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0032472031000144126 |
| OpenAlex | W2010298623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
The effects of marital status on fertility and offspring survivorship are examined with data on six marriage cohorts of Kipsigis women, agro-pastoralists of south western Kenya. Neither marriage order, nor the average number of co-wives married to a man during a woman's reproductive years, is associated with completed family size, nor with any of the components of reproductive performance. The mechanisms whereby polygyny might potentially lower the reproductive performance of polygynously married women in the Kipsigis and other populations are discussed in some detail, with particular reference to resource shortages, sexual and economic favouritism, the observance of post partum taboos, disease, husband's age, co-wife co-operation, education, sterility, and age at menarche and marriage
Fertility · Marital status · Menarche · Political science · Polygyny · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Wife · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Psychology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,81 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2020 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |