ABSTRACT
This volume in the ?General Demography of Africa? series encompasses many nations and focuses on a feature of the censuses ? household relationships. African households rank among the most complex in the world. This work makes it possible to investigate relationships among individuals within the household and relate them to household characteristics such as structure and headship. In addition to discussing household composition in comparative terms, the book pays special attention to the place of women in the household, and to the residence of children and the aged. The analyses use micro-data from a variety of countries including Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d?Ivoire, the Gambia, Senegal, Kenya and the Republic of South Africa.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|125 pages
Approaches to the Recording of Household Structure
chapter 1|19 pages
Household Structure, Polygyny, and Ethnicity in Senegambia
chapter 2|13 pages
Analyzing Household Structure in a Census With Little Information on Household Relations
chapter 3|23 pages
Collecting Data on Intra-household Relationships in the Agincourt Health and Population Survey
chapter 4|20 pages
Household Composition and Dynamics in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
chapter 5|24 pages
Gender Asymmetry of Household Relationships in a Bilinear Society
chapter 6|24 pages
The Family at the Heart of the Household
part II|102 pages
Intra-Household Relationships
