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© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2020 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Contributors IX
  4. Acknowledgments XI
  5. Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER ONE. Production and Reproduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview of Organizing Principles 13
  7. CHAPTER TWO. The Components of Sub-Saharan Reproductive Regimes and Their Social and Cultural Determinants: Empirical Evidence 60
  8. CHAPTER THREE. Regional Variation in Components of Child-Spacing: The Role of Women's Education 122
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. A Comparative Study of the Levels and the Differentials of Sterility in Cameroon, Kenya, and Sudan 167
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Demography of Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa 212
  11. CHAPTER SIX. The Nuptiality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa 238
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Polygyny and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa 338
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Labor Circulation, Marriage, and Fertility in Southern Africa 365
  14. CHAPTER NINE. Childrearing versus Childbearing: Coresidence of Mother and Child in Sub-Saharan Africa 401
  15. CHAPTER TEN. Strategies of Child-Fosterage among Mende Grannies in Sierra Leone 442
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Social Organization, Economic Crises, and the Future of Fertility Control in Africa 475
  17. Appendixes 506
  18. Subject Index 537
  19. Author Index 546
  20. Ethnic Group Index 552
  21. Geographical Index 554
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Reproduction and Social Organization in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Contributors IX
  4. Acknowledgments XI
  5. Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER ONE. Production and Reproduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview of Organizing Principles 13
  7. CHAPTER TWO. The Components of Sub-Saharan Reproductive Regimes and Their Social and Cultural Determinants: Empirical Evidence 60
  8. CHAPTER THREE. Regional Variation in Components of Child-Spacing: The Role of Women's Education 122
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. A Comparative Study of the Levels and the Differentials of Sterility in Cameroon, Kenya, and Sudan 167
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Demography of Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa 212
  11. CHAPTER SIX. The Nuptiality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa 238
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Polygyny and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa 338
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Labor Circulation, Marriage, and Fertility in Southern Africa 365
  14. CHAPTER NINE. Childrearing versus Childbearing: Coresidence of Mother and Child in Sub-Saharan Africa 401
  15. CHAPTER TEN. Strategies of Child-Fosterage among Mende Grannies in Sierra Leone 442
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Social Organization, Economic Crises, and the Future of Fertility Control in Africa 475
  17. Appendixes 506
  18. Subject Index 537
  19. Author Index 546
  20. Ethnic Group Index 552
  21. Geographical Index 554
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