Singleness for women beyond the age considered conventional for marriage is regarded as
a misnomer in Nigeria. Such women are pitied and blamed for their status. Often the blame …

The Igboland of Nigeria has been under the influence of socio-economic change since the
turn of the century, as typified by a high literarcy rate, a highly migratory population, the …

BACKGROUND In several African cities the prevalence of unmarried cohabitation among
youth has risen considerably. Because of its potentially negative implications for women and …

Background: Female age at marriage is one of the major indicators of population dynamics
associated with age at which marriable couples are united and simultaneously acts of giving …

Over the past few decades, several related changes have contributed to increasing the
prevalence of premarital sexual relations in Nigeria. Demographic transformations such as …

Sexual initiation during adolescence has important demographic and health consequences
for a population, yet no systematic analysis of changes in the timing of sexual initiation has …

BACKGROUND The age at which childbearing begins influences the total number of
children a woman bears throughout her reproductive period, in the absence of any active …

Marriage is an important social, cultural, and biological aspect of human life but is often
affected by societal changes leading to differences in family formation and reproductive …

Apart from its being less ostensible, in demographic terms, than mortality or fertility, nuptiality
is a more delicate subject of study for two major reasons. The first is the ambiguity of the …

This paper examines the nexus between age at first birth and fertility differentials among
women in Osun State, Nigeria. The rationale for this central objective was based on the fact …