Are Tanzanian Households Moving Away from Extended? Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey Data

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dc.contributor.authorDungumaro, Esther W.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T10:31:58Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T10:31:58Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.europeanjournalofsocialsciences.com/issues/ejss_39_2.htmlen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses cross-sectional data from four Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 1996 and 2010 to establish trends in nuclear and extended households in Tanzania. Associations between types of households and sex of head of household, age of head of household, household size and educational attainment of head of household as the explanatory variables were tested using Pearson’s Chi Square. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to examine independent correlates to living in a nuclear than extended household. Results on trends of nuclear and extended households indicate that Tanzanian households have moved away from extended to largely nuclear. The findings of the study show that nuclear households are associated with household size, place of residence, household wealth index, as well as age and sex of head of household. Furthermore, the study reveals that in urban areas, there are more extended than nuclear households. This observation cautions the existing overgeneralization that nuclear households are more prevalent in urban areas. More site specific analyses are needed to inform both policy and pragmatic interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDungumaro, E. W., 2013. Are Tanzanian Households Moving Away from Extended? Evidence from Demographic and Heath Survey Data. European Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 39, (2), 296308.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1782
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTanzanianen_US
dc.subjectHouseholdsen_US
dc.subjectDemographic and Health Surveyen_US
dc.subjectNuclear householdsen_US
dc.subjectExtended householden_US
dc.titleAre Tanzanian Households Moving Away from Extended? Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey Dataen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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