Is marriage a dying institution in South Africa? Exploring changes in marriage in the context of ilobolo payments

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-111

  Posel, Dorrit ^a   Rudwick, Stephanie ^a   Casale, Daniela ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

changing attitudes; cohabitation; ilobolo; Marriage rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85162700310     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2011.575589     Document Type: Article

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