Thanks so very much. Ylva

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Malanding Jaiteh wrote:

> Ylva,
> According to 1993 Population and Housing Census the Percent distribution
> of married population Aged 10 and over by type of union:
> Monogamy: 64.9% M ; 48.4%F Polygamy: 34.3%M 50.2%F
> What is striking is that  monogamy figures increase to 80.6%M and 79.8%
> for those with post secondary education.
> As Ahmadu said these figures may have changed since.
>
> Malanding
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> > You can get a figure from the 1993 census (in a more recent one hasn't
> > been published).
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> > fsa >From: Ylva Hernlund >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues
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> > >Subject: question >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:43:43 -0800 >
> > >Greetings, > >Would anyone happen to know what percentage of
> > marriages in The Gambia are >polygamous? Best, Ylva >
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