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Peer reviewedUkaegbu, Alfred O. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1977
This paper examines fertility patterns of women in two different types of marital unions (monogamous and polygynous) in 16 sample villages of eastern Nigeria. Results show polygyny tends to reduce fertility through the intermediary of a comparatively wider age differential between the polygynists and their wives. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Females, Marital Status
