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polygynous marriage

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meanings of marriage


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marriage
noun
uk /ˈmær.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈmer.ɪdʒ/
a legally accepted relationship between two people in which they live together, or the official ceremony that results ...
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Examples of polygynous marriage


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In a polygynousmarriage, each marriage creates a separate family or household with the husband as the common spouse to all the families.
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In taxpayer families, polyandrous and monogamist marriage were the more common forms of marriage, while much less widespread was the polygynousmarriage.
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In the young and intermediate age groups, mean fertility of women in polygynous marriages is higher than that of women in monogamous marriages.
It is the very low rates of usage of those in polygynous marriages which depress the rates for the married as a whole.
Polygynous marriages of the elite and rural lineage heads would be a logical extension of a patrifocal, endogamous organization, especially if female labor was a significant aspect of the economy.
Today, the percentage of women in polygynous marriages in rural areas (23.9%) is almost double that of women in urban areas (12.4%).
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According to the database, within this patrilineal system polygynous marriages with up to four wives can occur.
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Often, tribal leadership tended toward polygynous marriages with the express purpose of establishing relationships with other powerful families, effectively injecting the practice of marriage with a political purpose.
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