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Study Shows Polygamy May Lead To Greater Wealth And Health by ALISMILE(m): 1:38pm On Oct 30, 2015 |
Polygyny not necessarily harmful to women and
children in northern Tanzania.
Polygyny – a marriage
system where men can
have multiple wives –
may provide women
with superior food
security and health for
their children, according
to new research published in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences.
Research led by Dr David Lawson at the London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
compared polygynous and monogamous
households in 56 villages in northern Tanzania,
where polygyny is widespread among certain
ethnic groups, including the Maasai.
When comparing households within individual
villages, polygynous households often had better
access to food and healthier children.
Polygynous households also owned more cattle
and farmed more land than monogamous
households. These findings support
anthropological accounts of marriage indicating
that polygyny can be in a woman’s strategic
interest when women depend on men for
resources.
Dr Lawson, Lecturer in Population Health at the
School, said: “Polygyny is often considered to be
a harmful cultural practice, detrimental to the
well-being of women and children. However our
findings reveal that the costs of sharing a
husband can be offset by equal or greater
resource access than could otherwise be
obtained via monogamy in some settings.”
Consistent with prior research, the study found
that polygyny was associated with low food
security and poor child health when looking at
data across all villages. However, this pattern
was accounted for by the tendency of polygyny
to be most common in ecologically vulnerable
and marginalised ethnic groups.
Dr Lawson added: “Our study suggests that
highly polygynous, predominantly Maasai,
villages do poorly not because of polygyny, but
because of vulnerability to drought, low service
provision and broader socio-political
disadvantages.”
Tanzania faces a high burden of food insecurity
and malnutrition; 45% of children are stunted
(low height for their age, indicating chronic
malnutrition with long term impacts on physical
and cognitive development). www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2015/polygyny_health_tanzania.html |
Re: Study Shows Polygamy May Lead To Greater Wealth And Health by Lilimax(f): 1:52pm On Oct 30, 2015 |
Polygamy is a No-NO to me cos it has done more harm than good. Can any good thing come out of polygamy?, NO! |
Re: Study Shows Polygamy May Lead To Greater Wealth And Health by KelvinKelt(m): 2:45pm On Oct 30, 2015 |
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