Citation
Udry, J. Richard; Dole, Nancy; & Gleiter, Karin (1992). Forming Reproductive Unions in Urban Zimbabwe. International Family Planning Perspectives, 18, 10-12, 17.Abstract
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the beginning of marriage is rarely denoted by a single ceremony or event, and confusion over when marriage begins clouds the study of reproductive unions. A pilot survey conducted in Harare, Zimbabwe, conceptualized the formation of a reproductive union as a series of steps and asked 201 women who were pregnant with or had just given birth to their first children to report the occurrence and chronological order of 12 postulated steps in the relationships leading to the pregnancies. Different patterns of union formation emerged, and a multinomial logit regression analysis revealed associations between the union-formation patterns and the women's demographic characteristics.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2133450Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
1992Journal Title
International Family Planning PerspectivesAuthor(s)
Udry, J. RichardDole, Nancy
Gleiter, Karin