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Influence of Socio-Economic Change on Marriage Norms in the Yoruba Soiety, in Southwest Nigeria

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  • Odejobi Cecilia Omobola

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Marriage is a social institution that unites people in a special form of mutual dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family. This article therefore examines the influences of socio-economic change on marriage norms in Yoruba society. The various steps in Yoruba traditional marriage norm were examined and it was discovered that socio-economic change has affected all the cultural norms associated with Yoruba traditional marriage.

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  • Odejobi Cecilia Omobola, 2013. "Influence of Socio-Economic Change on Marriage Norms in the Yoruba Soiety, in Southwest Nigeria," Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Richtmann Publishing Ltd, vol. 2, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjz:ajisjr:144
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n3p139
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