Publication Date:
2016-03-30
Description:
Until recently, the United Nations, development practitioners, and academics unanimously labeled polygyny a harmful cultural practice for child health. Lawson et al. (1) reassess the association between polygyny and child health using data from 56 Tanzanian villages. Their study suggests that children coresiding with their polygynous father tend to be...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
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