Conjugal Power and Resources: An Urban African Example

Christine Oppong

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Survey data on which this report is based were collected from a sample of 180 married men, employed as senior civil servants, in government institutions in Accra during 1967-68. Following the findings of Blood and Wolfe (1960) and subsequent writers, there were found to be statistically significant differences in lmodes of decision-making reported, according to the relative ages, educational levels and occupations of the spouses. A syncratic power relationship was found to be most common among couples similar in education and age and jointly providing for household needs. Not only did the wife's earning of an income tend to enhance her power role, as elsewhere, but also her use of her earnings to supplement financial provision for the thousehold. A more traditional autonomic pattern was most common among couples with the lowest levels of education.

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