Divorce and Remarriage in Rural Malawi
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The demographic study of nuptiality in African countries is not very developed and often of secondary interest in a discussion of the proximate determinants of fertility. This paper uses unusual marriage history data to examine divorce and remarriage i
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Average divorce rates in sub-Saharan African countries are more than 40 percent.
“Marriage is essentially universal amongst the young but at the same time divorce is exceptionally common; average divorce rates are more than 40 percent in these countries ( Bongaarts, Frank, and Lesthaeghe 1984; Reniers 2003; Takyi 2001 ) .”
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- Authors
- Reniers, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reniers, Georges
- ORCID
- Reniers, Georges
- Venue
- Demographic Research
- Published
- 2003-09-19
- Volume
- Special 1
- Pages
- 175-206
- ISSN
- 1435-9871 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2103759242
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 10.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Demographic Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- divorce, remarriage, nuptiality, marital history, rural Malawi, African demography, fertility determinants
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