Moving Through and Passing On by Yaa P.A. Oppong

Author:Yaa P.A. Oppong [Oppong, Yaa P.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Anthropology, General, Cultural & Social
ISBN: 9781351504331
Google: ZCRBDwAAQBAJ
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

Although an equal number of girls and boys, in the 5-9 year old category, moved away from living with their parents (twenty-four), their places of residence were markedly different. For the boys, the single most significant person with whom they resided was a mallam (eight boys). The boys were also with grandparents (seven) and parents’ siblings (five). For the girls, the homes of grandparents and parents’ siblings are the most typical residential contexts in which they live between the ages 5-9.

By the 10-14 year old age group, thirty-three boys lived away from their parents. Of the girls, forty-five, representing nearly half of all the girls, lived outside their natal home. The boys in this age category resided primarily in the same environments (as they were in the previous age group), namely, with grandparents, parents’ siblings and mallams. The girls in this age category started to get married, seven girls lived with their spouses. The majority of those who resided away from their parents, however, lived with their parents’ siblings (sixteen girls) with their grandparents (nine girls) and with their own siblings (seven girls).

In the 15-19 year old age group two-thirds of girls (fifty-five) married and went to live with their spouses. Only twenty-six of them still resided with their parents. The residential profile for the boys in the 15-19 age group however is not greatly different from that of the 10-14 group.

In the 20-24 year old age category the numbers of men and women who resided with their parents was thirty-nine and five, respectively. For the men, this was still the largest single category of residence. For the girls, the single most important residential location, during this period, was with their husbands (sixty-two girls). For the men, residence with spouse does not become significant until the 25-494 age group onwards. The second most common category of residence for the men in this age group was “alone.” Twenty-seven men lived alone.

The numbers of men living “alone” increased dramatically in the next age group, namely the 25-49 year old group. Forty-three men lived by themselves during much of this time. The other significant residential category for the men is residence with a spouse, representing twenty-three men.

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