Journal of Biosocial Science

Table of Contents - 1986 - Volume 18, Issue 01  

Research Article

Polygyny and Fertility Differentials among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria

J. Ahmeda1

a1 Central Statistical Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

Data were analysed from the 1973 surveys of the Nigerian segment of the Changing African Family (CAFN) Project which covered Yoruba women and men in Ibadan and the western state of Nigeria. The Yoruba women in monogamous unions and those in polygynous unions show slightly varying levels of fertility, measured as mean number of children ever born. Most of this variation can be attributed to other variables; type of union of the women does not significantly affect their fertility level.

(Received March 11 1985)