ABSTRACT
The amount of input males perceive themselves to have in making major household decisions is thus unaffected by the timing or distance of post-marriage migration, or by the amount of contact that is maintained with the parents on either or both sides of the family. Whether or not a woman's post-marriage relocation involved migration to another village is also of importance in predicting her power within the household. In addition, factors such as mobility or migration at or soon after marriage, and the amount of contact that is maintained with the parents of either spouse once the marital union is entered, are also predicted to affect levels of intra-household status. The residential relocation of both spouses after marriage will result in higher intra-household status for the wife compared to cases in which neither spouse moves, or in which only one relocates.
