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AD95-01 Women's Perceptions of Polygyny among the Kaguru of Tanzania By: Dominique Meekers and Nadra Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)
Published As: Meekers, D. and N. Franklin (1995). "Women's Perceptions of Polygyny among the Kaguru of Tanzania." Ethnology 34(4):315-329. |Journal Home Page|
AD95-02 The Universality of African Marriage Reconsidered: Evidence from Turkana Males By: Rada Dyson-Hudson (Binghamton University) and Dominique Meekers
Published As: Dyson-Hudson, R. and D. Meekers (1996). "The Universality of African Marriage Reconsidered: Evidence from Turkana Males." Ethnology 35(4):301-320. |Journal Home Page|
AD95-03 The Precarious Socio-Economic Position of Women in Rural Africa: The Case of the Kaguru of Tanzania By: Jeffrey Meeker and Dominique Meekers
Published As: Meeker, J. and D. Meekers (1997). "The Precarious Socio-Economic Position of Women in Rural Africa: The Case of the Kaguru of Tanzania." African Studies Review 40(1):35-. |Journal Home Page|
AD95-04 Children's Experience with Marital Dissolution in Togo By: Dominique Meekers and Anastasia J. Gage
AD95-05 Re-Evaluating the Value of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Impact of Changing Forms in Marital Unions By: Anne-Emmanuele Calves and Dominique Meekers
AD95-06 Family Background and Early Life Course Transitions in Kinshasa By: B. Oleko Tambashe (University of Kinshasa) and David Shapiro
Published As: Shapiro, D. and B.O. Tambashe (1996). "Family Background and Early Life Course Transitions in Kinshasa." Journal of Marriage & the Family 58(4):1029-1037. |Journal Home Page|
AD95-07 Fertility Decline in Kinshasa By: David Shapiro
Published As: Shapiro, D. (1996). "Fertility Decline in Kinshasa." Population Studies 50(1):89-103. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
AD95-08 Gender, Poverty, and School Enrollment in Kinshasa, Zaire By: David Shapiro and B. Oleko Tambashe
Published As: Shapiro, D. and B.O. Tambashe (2001). "Gender, Poverty, Family Structure, and Investments in Children's Education in Kinshasa, Congo." Economics of Education Review 20(4):359-375. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
AD96-01 Women and "Children of the Dancing Ground" in Turkana Society: An Ethno-Demographic Analysis of Marital and Non-Marital Unions By: Rada Dyson-Hudson (Binghamton University), Dominique Meekers, and Neville Dyson-Hudson (Binghamton University)
Published As: Dyson-Hudson, R. , D. Meekers and N. Dyson-Hudson (1998). "Children of the Dancing Ground, Children of the House: Costs and Benefits of Marriage Rules (South Turkana, Kenya)." Journal of Anthropological Research 54(1):19-47. |Journal Home Page|
AD96-02 "Main" Girlfriends, Girlfriends, Marriage, and Money: Playing the Field in Sub-Saharan Africa By: Dominique Meekers and Anne-Emmanuele Calves
Published As: Meekers, D. and A.E. Calves (1997). ""Main" Girlfriends, Girlfriends, Marriage, and Money: The Social Context of HIV Risk Behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa." Health Transition Review 7(Suppl):361-375.
AD96-03 Spousal Communication and Family Planning Decision-Making in Nigeria By: Dominique Meekers and Muyiwa Oladosu
AD96-04 Adolescent Sexual Activity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Men Have the Same Strategies and Motivations as Women? By: Anne-Emmanuele Calves, Gretchen T. Cornwell, and Parfait Eloundou Enyegue
AD96-05 Does Fertility Timing Influence the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services? Evidence from Kenya and Namibia By: Anastasia J. Gage
Published As: Gage, A.J. (1998). "Premarital Childbearing, Unwanted Fertility and Maternity Care in Kenya and Namibia." Population Studies 52(1):21-34. |Journal Home Page|
