African Households: Censuses and Surveys.076561619X African households; censuses and surveys. Ed. by Etienne van de Walle. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 2006 247 pages $99.95 Hardcover HB3661 Eighteen international researchers contribute to a text which is the outcome of a conference conducted on the Internet in November 2001 as part of the activities of the African Census Analysis Project (ACAP (Application Configuration Access Protocol) A protocol for storing configuration information in a central server. It is designed to enhance e-mail functions for remote users by providing a central location for personal address books and client application ) at the U. of Pennsylvania. The virtual conference focused on patterns of household living arrangement in Africa using evidence from census micro-data and survey data from various nations. Eleven contributions are organized into two sections: approaches to the recording of household structure, and intra-household relationships. A sampling of topics: household structure, polygyny polygyny /po·lyg·y·ny/ (pah-lij´i-ne) 1. polygamy in which a man is married concurrently to more than one woman. 2. animal mating in which the male mates with more than one female. 3. , and ethnicity in Senegambia; household composition and dynamics in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. ; grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl and grandchildren in the Gambia; household and schooling in Burkina Faso; matching spouses in monogamous and polygynous po·lyg·y·ny n. 1. The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time. 2. Zoology A mating pattern in which a male mates with more than one female in a single breeding season. households of Cameroon; and widow inheritance and the position of Luo widows in Kenya. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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