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TOC WORDS: 240; CH: 1,615 Contents Tables, Figures, and Maps Preface Introduction Etienne van de Walle I: Approaches to the Recording of Household Structure 1. Household Structure, Polygyny and Ethnicity in Senegambia: A Comparison of Census Methodologies Etienne van de Walle and Aliou Gaye 2. Analyzing Household Structure in a Census that Has Little Information on Household Relations: Tanzania 1988 Tereza G. Labov 3. Collecting Data on Intra-household Relationships in the Agincourt Health and Population Survey: Benefits and Limitations Nicholas Townsend, Sangeetha Madhavan, Mark Collinson, and Michel Garenne 4. Household Composition and Dynamics in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: Mirroring Social Reality in Longitudinal Data Collection Victoria Hosegood and Ian M. Timæus 5. Gender Asymmetry of Household Relationships in a Bilinear Society: The Sereer of Senegal Michel Garenne 6. The Family at the Heart of the Household: Evolution and Differentiation of Household Structure in Côte d'Ivoire, 1975¿1998 Patrice Vimard and Raïmi Fassassi II: Intra-Household Relationships 7. Grandparents and Grandchildren in the Gambia Claire M. Noël-Miller 8. Extramarital Childbearing and the Residence of Children in Botswana Zitha Mokomane, Kristine R. Baker, and Etienne van de Walle 9. Household and Schooling in Burkina Faso: Some Insights from the 1996 Census Idrissa Kabore and Marc Pilon 10. Matching Spouses in Monogamous and Polygynous Households of Cameroon Françoise Bartiaux 11. Local Meanings and Census Categories: Widow Inheritance and the Position of Luo Widows in Kenya Nancy Luke References Contributors Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Demographic surveys -- Africa.
Household surveys -- Africa.
Census -- Africa.
Africa -- Population.