Marriage Payments, Household Structure, and Domestic Labour-Supply among the Barma of Chad

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Title:	Marriage Payments, Household Structure, and Domestic Labour-Supply among the Barma of Chad
Author:	Reyna, Stephan P.
Year:	1977
Periodical:	Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:	47
Issue:	1
Pages:	81-88
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Chad
Subjects:	marriage employment Bagirmi Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159196 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1977-047-00-000007
Abstract:	This paper demonstrates how marriage payments may operate to regulate different aspects of household structure to provide adequate labour to the Barma domestic unit. Sections: background - getting married - differentials in male ability to amass marriage payments - marriage payments and Barma household structure - index of labour adequacy and bridewealth - discussion. Conclusion: among the Barma marriage payments postpone young males' marriage. It is thus legitimate to hypothesize that a latent function of marriage payments in traditional African societies is to maintain adequate labour supplies. Notes, ref., tables, rèsume en français.