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Monday, December 5 / 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM   •   Samandin 9

Session 8:
Trends and determinants in union formation

Chair: Bilampoa Gnoumou Thiombiano, Université de Ouagadougou
Discussant: Nathalie Mondain, Université d'Ottawa

  1. Quitting the "celibatorium": informal relations, free union and first marriage in Ouagadougou • Anne-Emmanuèle Calvès, Université de Montréal ; Afiwa N'bouke, Université de Montréal

  2. Impact of urbanization on cohabitation in Kampala city • Tumwine Fredrick, Makerere University ; James Ntozi, Makerere University

  3. To what extent do familial and residential trajectories and premarital sexual initiation influence the timing of first marriage in Cameroon? • Estelle Sidze, Université de Montréal

  4. Legalization of unions in Africa: rights for women or rights on women? • Véronique Hertrich, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

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