À la recherche de l’homme capable…

Mazzocchetti, Jacinthe

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“…In this sense, the influence of the standard of living of the household may also reflect the rational adaptation model. Mazzocchetti (2010) had already highlighted such a rationality in the choice of the partner by young women in Ouagadougou. Drawing on an ethnographical research, she had noticed that young women were divided between an injunction to marry, a desire to find a capable spouse, and a difficult socioeconomic context.…”

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“…Drawing on an ethnographical research, she had noticed that young women were divided between an injunction to marry, a desire to find a capable spouse, and a difficult socioeconomic context. Therefore, the exchange of bodies became for many of these women not only a means of escaping poverty but also a means of planning for the future (Mazzocchetti, 2010). …”

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Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Soura

Lankoande

Sanogo

et al. 2018

Cogent Social Sciences

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In developing countries, young women between 15 and 24 years of age account for more than 40% of unsafe abortions due to the high number of unwanted and/or out-of-wedlock pregnancies. However, much about the profile of adolescents and young women who usually experience premarital pregnancies remains unknown. This study sought to understand the risk of pregnancy before marriage among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. By using longitudinal data from a demographic surveillance system, we tested the explanatory power of two theoretical assumptions on premarital childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa, which assumptions are the cultural inheritance model and the social capital model. The results confirmed the explanatory power of the cultural inheritance model on the one hand and partially confirmed the power of the social capital model on the other hand. These results highlight the need for a multipronged approach to sexual and reproductive health for young people. Efforts against premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women would be more effective if they were based on participatory approaches, incorporating actions at both community and institutional levels, as suggested by the recent Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents logical framework.

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Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Soura

Lankoande

Sanogo

et al. 2018

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“…Qualitative data on representations and motivations underlying the choice of non-marital cohabitation, and how they differ by gender, would be particularly valuable at this stage. In a context where the social pressure to get married remains high for young women (Lewis and Calvès 2011;Mazzocchetti 2010), and where the decision to make a cohabiting union official by a wedding is still largely in the hands of men, the social meaning attached to consensual unions is likely to be different for young women and men. Second, the short-and long-term futures of cohabiting unions, and especially how both female and male partners' characteristics affect the chances that those unions become marriages or end in separation, deserve more attention.…”

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“…Anthropological evidence suggests, however, that unmarried cohabitation among the youth is understood and tolerated by families as an "intermediary conjugal union", with the general expectation that a marriage will eventually follow (Attané 2007). Unmarried female cohabiters are likely to share this expectation since marriage remains today a "social necessity" and a primary objective for young women in Ouagadougou, even highly educated ones (Lewis and Calvès 2011;Mazzocchetti 2010). In fact, the status of the wife remains an immanent feature of a woman's social identity in the capital city and a means of acquiring respect and social recognition.…”

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First union formation in urban Burkina Faso: Competing relationship transitions to marriage or cohabitation

Calvès

2016

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BACKGROUNDIn several African cities the prevalence of unmarried cohabitation among youth has risen considerably. Because of its potentially negative implications for women and their children, in some countries cohabitation has even become a matter of heated public debate and policy concern. In contrast to industrialized countries, however, the choice between marriage and cohabitation in the region has attracted little attention. OBJECTIVESThe purpose of the study is to explore the rising phenomenon of young, unmarried, cohabiting couples in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, and to evaluate how characteristics of both partners involved in a dating relationship affect the choice between marriage and non-marital cohabitation when forming a first union. METHODSBased on life history data including unique relationship biographies, the study takes a competing risks approach to examine relationship transitions to a first marriage or unmarried cohabitation. RESULTSA long spell of unmarried cohabitation is common among youth in Ouagadougou today, and children's exposure to cohabitation is high. While occupation, especially male occupation, is a crucial determinant of entry into union -having a similar effect on marriage and cohabitation risks -partners' educational attainment, ethnic endogamy, and religion significantly affect the choice between marriage and cohabitation. CONCLUSIONSIdeational changes rather than economic ones motivate youth to choose cohabitation instead of marriage. Cohabitation in Ouagadougou has not become the "poor man's wedding", as Oppenheimer's hypothesis would suggest, but rather the preferred choice of dating couples who are more willing and able to distance themselves from familial expectations and marital norms.

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“…In Burkina Faso, although marriage remains almost universal, it often no longer represents the beginning of exposure to sexual activity, especially in urban areas. Like in other African cities, unmarried youths in contemporary Ouagadougou often engage in a number of premarital sexual relationships, either sequentially or simultaneously, for various reasons (Mazzocchetti, 2010;Rossier et al, 2013;Sawadogo, 2016). If some of these relationships, such as those with older, wealthier, married men, seem explicitly financially driven, the line between the affective and the material dimensions of most male-female intimate relationships in African cities is often blurred (Poulin, 2007;Hunter, 2010).…”

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«No money, no honey»? Poverty and young men’s unmarried relationships in urban Burkina Faso

Calvès¹

2019

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In Burkina Faso, the expectation that a young man has to financially support his girlfriend is deeply rooted in gender norms and is a keystone of masculinity construction. With the persistent economic crisis, high unemployment rates, and the growing importance of materiality in intimate relationships, this economic obligation seems more and more difficult to fulfil, however. Qualitative studies have reported the frustration of unemployed and poorer young men in West African cities who face difficulties in attracting girlfriends due to their economic condition. This sexual marginalization of poorer city-dwellers, suggested by anthropological evidence, has yet to be explored quantitatively. This is the purpose of the study. Based on unique life history data collected from young adults in 2010 in the capital city of Ouagadougou, the present research examines the impact of poverty on young men’s sexual relationship histories. Although they engage in a number of premarital relationships, results suggest that young men in Ouagadougou are not equal in the search for sexual partners. The study provides support for the «sexual marginalization hypothesis» and shows that other things being equal, unemployed males and uneducated young men are significantly less likely than their better-off counterparts to engage in relationships over time

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À la recherche de l’homme capable…

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Cited by 7 publications

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Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

First union formation in urban Burkina Faso: Competing relationship transitions to marriage or cohabitation

«No money, no honey»? Poverty and young men’s unmarried relationships in urban Burkina Faso

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