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

Authors

  • Odejobi Cecilia Omobola Institute of Education, Faculty of Education Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Abstract

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.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n3p139

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Published

04-11-2013

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2013): November 2013

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Research Articles

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Influence of Socio-Economic Change on Marriage Norms in the Yoruba Soiety, in Southwest Nigeria. (2013). Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2(3), 139. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/ajis/article/view/1399