title: More single women in African cities:  Pikine, Abidjan and Brazzaville.
abstract: The authors examine increases in marriage age among women in Africa.  They show that "this evolution towards later marriage is linked to schooling, but changes are also emerging among women who have not attended school....[The authors] show that the growing proportions of single women are not merely the result of marriage postponement, but a sign of more in-depth changes which are transforming African urban societies."
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antoine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nanite-lamio
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012847:Single Person; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Africa; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Marital Status; Marriage; Marriage Age--women; Marriage Patterns--changes; Marriage Postponement; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Unmarried--women; Urban Population