Bride price payment and women’s autonomy: Findings from qualitative interviews from Nigeria

Princewill, Chitu Womehoma; Wangmo, Tenzin; Jegede, Ayodele Samuel; Riecher-Rössler, Anita; Elger, Bernice Simone

doi:10.1080/03630242.2018.1549645

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“…Across developing countries, marital norms and practices are tilted against women, and gender dynamics in many sub-Saharan African households undermine women's reproductive health [9]. In many parts of Nigeria, women's sexual health and rights are not well-recognized and respected, and men have the final say on women's sexual and reproductive choices [10][11][12][13]. Similar harmful practices against women's sexual and reproductive health have been documented in many other developing countries [14][15][16][17].…”

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Women’s ability to negotiate safer sex with partners by contraceptive status among a nationally representative sample of married women in Nigeria

Solanke

Kupoluyi

Awoleye

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Contracept Reprod Med

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Background Existing studies established that safer sex negotiation influences contraceptive use, and women who are able to negotiate safer sex were expected to be contraceptive users. However, it is not certain that all contraceptive users have the ability to negotiate safer sex. Likewise, there is no evidence that all non-users are not able to negotiate safer sex with partners. The study assesses the prevalence of women’s ability to negotiate safer sex and examines the determinants of women’s ability to negotiate safer sex among contraceptive users and non-users. Methods The comparative cross-sectional research design was adopted. Data were extracted from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The study analyzed a sample of 2,765 contraceptive users and 20,304 non-users. The outcome variable was women’s ability to negotiate safer sex with partners. The explanatory variables examined are eight socio-demographic characteristics (age, child marriage, education, parity, media exposure, religion, work status, and experience of female genital mutilation), six relational characteristics (healthcare autonomy, financial autonomy, household wealth quintile, partners’ education, ownership of assets, and type of marriage). Attitude to wife-beating, male controlling behavior, place of residence, and geo-political zone of residence were included as control variables. Multivariable regression models were estimated. Results Findings showed that 6.2% of women who were not able to negotiate safer sex were contraceptive users, while 15.9% of women who were able to negotiate safer sex were contraceptive users. Among non-users, the significant determinants were child marriage, education, parity, mass media exposure, religion, work status, healthcare autonomy, financial autonomy, household wealth, partner education, type of marriage, geo-political zone, attitude to wife-beating, and male controlling behavior. Regarding contraceptive users, the significant determinants were parity, religion, the experience of female genital mutilation, financial autonomy, partner education, type of marriage, and the geo-political zone of residence. Conclusion The ability to negotiate safer sex differs among contraceptive users and non-users. Also, the determinants of the ability to negotiate safer sex differ among contraceptive users and non-users. While existing strategies may continue to focus on women not using contraceptives, new strategies promoting reproductive autonomy are required among contraceptive users.

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confidence: 94%

Women’s ability to negotiate safer sex with partners by contraceptive status among a nationally representative sample of married women in Nigeria

Solanke

Kupoluyi

Awoleye

et al. 2023

Contracept Reprod Med

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“…In Nigeria and other African countries, some scholars have conducted researches on bride price. Such scholars including Princewill et al (2018) who investigated bride price payment and women autonomy in Nigeria used Ikwerre women as a case in point. The study revealed that patriarchy and a culture of absolute respect for men and not the bride price is the reason for women's diminished autonomy.…”

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Genderized Implications of Bride Pricing Culture in Igbo Land

Oboko

Ifeanyichukwu

2021

LJLC

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The study aims at ascertaining the actual implication of bride pricing system in traditional marriages in Igbo land. A total of fifty respondents (thirty women and twenty men) from the five states that make up the southeast zone in Nigeria were selected for the study. Being a qualitative research, the study adopted the ethnographic research design and employed a purposive non-probability sampling method in selecting the respondents. The study made use of focused group discussions, unstructured interview and participants’ observation method as instruments of data collection. The collection of data lasted for a period of six months from June 2020 to November 2020. The research is anchored on Radical and Snail sense Feminism theories and data for the study were analysed using descriptive thematic method. Findings from the study reveal that payment of bride price does not reduce women to mere commodities in Igbo land. It also reveals that it gives undue privileges to men in Igbo land among other findings. Finally, it was shown that Igbo men and women still regard bride price payment as an important aspect of their culture which should not be abolished.

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“…In the Ikwerre culture, most people get married for the purpose of having children and when this is not accomplished, the next option is for the man to get another wife or for the wife to get a young lady who can have children for her husband [5]. Child birth is viewed as a test of womanhood and reproductive competence.…”

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“…A man whose wife is unable to bear children of her own is looked down and the man is mocked by friends and relatives [3]. A woman who is unable to bear children is viewed either as a witch who has eaten up all her children, a wayward woman who has aborted all her children or as a cursed woman whom the gods have decided to punish for a sin committed [4,5]. In most infertile cases in Nigeria, science is brushed aside with a wave of the hand.…”

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Women’s Reproductive Autonomy and the Ethics of Baby Making: The Nigerian Case Study

Princewill¹,

Jegede²

2019

JHS

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This study originates from a larger study carried out on the autonomy and reproductive rights of married Ikwerre women of Rivers State, Nigeria. It examined the use of women for the sole purposes of making babies by couples who are unable to produce children naturally. The study explored a purposive qualitative research method. Data collection was from December 2014 to March, 2015. Thirty four (34) IDIs (in-depth interviews) and six FGDs (focus group discussions) were conducted with married Ikwerre women between the ages of 22 and 60 years with various educational backgrounds, who are either in monogamous or polygynous marriage. Data were analyzed thematically. Questions on understanding of autonomy, reasons for getting married, choice of marriage, effect of marriage, and educational qualifications were asked. Results showed that some women are married off for the sole purpose of making babies for couples who cannot have biological children. These baby making wives are often very unhappy because of the status they are made to assume after having children for these couples. A few are happy, because they see being married for whatever reason as better than being single. Adequate laws should be put in place to regulate ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) in Nigeria. This will help eliminate the exploitation of women for baby making.

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Bride price payment and women’s autonomy: Findings from qualitative interviews from Nigeria

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Women’s ability to negotiate safer sex with partners by contraceptive status among a nationally representative sample of married women in Nigeria

Women’s ability to negotiate safer sex with partners by contraceptive status among a nationally representative sample of married women in Nigeria

Genderized Implications of Bride Pricing Culture in Igbo Land

Women’s Reproductive Autonomy and the Ethics of Baby Making: The Nigerian Case Study

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