When Men Touch Women without License: Interrogating the Reasons for Women's Entry into Consensual Unions in Urban Accra, Ghana

Ghana Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-58
Author(s):  
Rosemary Obeng-Hinneh
Keyword(s):  
Consensual Unions

scholarly journals Consensual unions in Serbia: 2011 census results

2014 ◽  
pp. 421-432
Author(s):  
Biljana Stankovic
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cohabiting Couples ◽  
First Time ◽  
Consensual Unions ◽  
Insight Into

The rise of cohabitation is one of the most noticeable changes in partnership behavior in the past several decades, present throughout Europe, with great variation of prevalence across countries. Until now, the extent of consensual unions in Serbia has not been known due to the lack of data, except some very scarce information emanated from a very few surveys. The 2011 Census, for the first time, included the question on the de facto marital status. This enables insight into the prevalence of consensual unions, as well as on the characteristics of union members. The paper analyzes frequency of consensual unions, as well as characteristics of persons living in them, according to the sex, age, education, legal marital status, ethnicity, religious affiliation and type of settlement. Most of the consideration has been given to the regional level (NUTS 2). The paper also analyzes families of cohabiting couples with and without children. This is possible because the data for the families of cohabiting couples without children and cohabiting couples with children were shown separately for the first time in the 2011 Census.

Household Surveys as a Source of Data for Event History Analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-456
Author(s):  
Benoît Laplante ◽  
María Marta Santillán ◽  
María Constanza Street
Keyword(s):  
Event History Analysis ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Event History ◽  
Household Surveys ◽  
Panel Surveys ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Consensual Unions

The authors introduce a method that allows the use of data from rotating panel surveys, a design used in many household or labour force surveys, to realize statistical analyses similar to event history analysis. The method is illustrated with two examples, one on the dynamics of poverty — the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the hazard of becoming poor in Argentina — and the other on family dynamics — the conversion of consensual unions into marriages. Both examples use data from the Argentinean Encuesta Permanente de Hogares, a national survey that is not designed to collect prospective or biographical data. The method allows for the use of time-varying independent variables and thus allows one to estimate the effect of an event on the hazard of another event, as in conventional event history analysis; several examples are provided.

scholarly journals Marriage Choices in a Plantation Society: Bahia, Brazil

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (S13) ◽  
pp. 25-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Holt
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Marriage Rate ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Plantation Society ◽  
Consensual Unions

This article examines the evolving significance of formal marriage and of partner selection in nineteenth-century Santiago do Iguape Brazil. Across social divides, racial and class endogamy were the norm for marriage partners, but consensual unions were far more likely to unite couples of different races. The information about enslaved couples was more sporadic, but I found that most slaves married partners who shared their country of origin, and that there was a higher slave-marriage rate on larger plantations. My research suggests that free and enslaved people constantly violated the borders separating them within a stratified plantation society, but that formal marriage retained a special significance and was reserved for unions between social equals.

scholarly journals Dos décadas de transformaciones de la nupcialidad uruguaya. La convergencia hacia la segunda transición demográfica / Two Decades of Transformations of Uruguayan Marriage Patterns. The Convergence towards the Second Demographic Transition

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Cabella
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Demographic Transition ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Second Demographic Transition ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Consensual Unions

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar las principales tendencias de la nupcialidad uruguaya durante las últimas dos décadas. Si bien el trabajo se apoya en las grandes líneas explicativas de la segunda transición demográfica (STD) para interpretar la evolución de los distintos indicadores de la vida familiar, su carácter es básicamente descriptivo.Con un desfasaje temporal de aproximadamente dos décadas, la nupcialidad uruguaya experimentó transformaciones similares a las que se presentaron en los países desarrollados desde finales de los años sesenta. Entre mediados de la década de 1980 y los primeros años de 2000 la tasa de nupcialidad se redujo a la mitad, mientras que las uniones consensuales experimentaron un crecimiento de gran magnitud entre los jóvenes de todos los estratos educativos. En 1987 la proporción de personas de 20 a 24 años que estaba en unión consensual alcanzaba a poco menos de 20% del total de jóvenes que había iniciado su vida conyugal, en 2007 representaba más de 80%. Concomitantemente, el divorcio se duplicó y las uniones (legales y de hecho) empezaron a disolverse con duraciones cada vez más cortas. Por último, se registró un aplazamiento muy moderado de la edad de entrada en unión, que parece obedecer a la polarización social en los calendarios conyugales entre jóvenes de distintos niveles educativos.Es motivo de discusión si las transformaciones recientes ocurridas en la esfera de las relaciones familiares en Uruguay responden a un cambio en el patrón de valores similar al descrito para los países occidentales desarrollados. La discusión es pertinente en la medida en que la población uruguaya experimentó en los últimos años un marcado proceso de exclusión social y tanto las especificidades culturales como las políticas públicas desempeñan un papel relevante en las formas en que se manifiesta el cambio familiar. Sin embargo resulta difícil explicar la similitud de las tendencias de cambio familiar en Uruguay respecto a aquellos países, sin hacer referencia al patrón global de cambio familiar que encierra la segunda transición demográfica. AbstractThis article seeks to present the main trends in Uruguayan marriage rates over the past two decades. Although the study is based on the main explanatory lines of the second demographic transition (SDT) to interpret the evolution of the various indicators of family life, it is basically descriptive.Over a period of approximately two decades, Uruguayan marriage rates underwent similar transformations to those that occurred in developed countries in the late 1960s. Between the mid 1980s and the early years of 2000, marriage rates were halved whereas consensual unions increased sharply among young people of all levels of educational attainment. In 1987, the proportion of persons ages 20 to 24 living in consensual unions accounted for just under 20% of the total number of young people who had begun their conjugal lives whereas in 2007, it accounted for over 80%. Concomitantly, the divorce rate doubled and unions (both legal and de facto) began to dissolve within increasingly short periods of time. Lastly, a slight postponement was recorded in the age of entering unions, which appears to reflect the social polarization in the marital time-frames of young people with different levels of educational attainment.It is a matter of debate whether the recent transformations that occurred within the sphere of family relations in Uruguay reflect a change in the pattern of values similar to that described for developed western countries. And the discussion is relevant insofar as in recent years, the Uruguayan population has experienced a marked process of social exclusion while cultural specificities and public policies have played a key role in the ways family changes are expressed. However, it is difficult to explain the similarity in the trends in family changes in Uruguay regarding those countries without referring to the overall pattern of family change entailed by the second demographic transition.

scholarly journals Consensual unions and fertility

1993 ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Jarl Lindgren ◽  
Marketta Ritamies ◽  
Anneli Miettinen
Keyword(s):  
Premarital Cohabitation ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
First Union ◽  
First Child ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Consensual Unions

This article examines how consensual unions affect the childbearing of couples who live in a marriage which has been preceded by premarital cohabitation. The study is focused on women under the age of 30 when they started their first union. It is based on three five-year cohorts who started living together in 1970-1984. The material used is from a survey carried out in 1989. The study deals with the pattern and frequency of giving birth to the first child by comparing the childbearing of the directly married with those whose marriage was preceded by cohabitation. By comparing the total number of children borne by women who have lived in an extra-marital cohabitation with different national means, the effect of pre-marital cohabitation on fertility is estimated. The study has shown that the total number of children in families is related to the length o  premarital cohabitation. The couples who have lived longer without marriage tend to have less children than the directly married.

scholarly journals Separations among Finnish women born between 1938-1967

1996 ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Fjalar Finnäs
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Causal Relation ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Consensual Unions

The study of dissolutions in Finland until 1989 confirms corresponding findings from other countries. Consensual unions and marriages preceded by consensual unions were less stable than direct marriages. We do not interpret this as a causal relation, but rather as an outcome of a selection process. The choice of type of union is an indicator of the general attitudes and norms with respect to family formation and divorces. Furthermore, it is no longer meaningful to classify the unions according to formal marital status at the entry into the union. At present less than one union out of ten is a direct marriage, and we should instead focus on the marital status at entry into parenthood.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic and cultural features of consensual unions in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maira Covre-Sussai
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
State Level ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Consensual Unions ◽  
Cultural Features

Consensual unions are a well-known practice among the lower social strata in Latin America. However, this type of union is increasing in the region, among higher educated groups and in countries where they were never widespread, such as in Brazil. This study uses couples’ data from the demographic census available at IPUMS (N=193,689) to identify the socioeconomic and cultural features of consensual unions in Brazil. The effects of women’s education, couple’s income, children, and religion on nuptial behavior are analyzed. Utilizing logistic multilevel analysis, special attention is paid to the effect of differences in the cultural environment of states in the five major regions in which these unions occur. Results indicate that socioeconomic factors affect the incidence of consensual unions in Brazil. Consensual unions are more common among lower income couples and less educated women, but are also found among the upper classes. Cultural diversity between Brazilian states is also reflected in nuptial behavior. Significant variance at the state level is partially explained by the ethnic composition of each state.DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.20947/S0102-309820160004

scholarly journals Consensual Unions in Burkina Faso: Trends and Determinants

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas K. LeGrand ◽  
Zourkaleini Younoussi
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sexual Risks ◽  
National Family ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Life Type ◽  
Consensual Unions

This paper examines entry into consensual unions versus marriages in Burkina Faso, a topic that has received little attention to date in sub-Saharan Africa. Changes in marriage behaviors may entail or reflect profound changes in family organization, gender relations and fertility and, to the extent that consensual unions are relatively transitory and lead to more sexual partners, they may be associated with greater sexual risks including HIV. The determinants of new unions being consensual are estimated from national family-life type survey data that provide information on the timing of different types of marriages and the start of cohabitation. While consensual unions are not new to the country, they appear to be changing in nature and have been growing more common over time especially in urban areas. They are also more popular among men and women with greater schooling or who began cohabiting while living outside the country, and for women who have previously lived in union.

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