@article{PAR00003957,
  title = {{F}actors influencing union formation in {N}airobi, {K}enya},
  author = {{B}ocquier, {P}hilippe and {K}hasakhala, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}sing retrospective data from the {U}rban {I}ntegration {S}urvey conducted in 2001 in {N}airobi, {K}enya, on a sample of 955 women and men aged 25-54, this paper compares factors influencing entry into union formation for men and women. {T}he analysis uses event history methods, specifically {C}ox {P}roportional {H}azards regression, stratified by age cohort and run separately by sex. {T}he results indicate that delay in union formation is more pronounced for women than for men. {C}ohabitation without formal marriage is the prominent form of union, especially among the younger generation, and appears to have increased. {F}or men, the timing of union is more dependent upon human capital acquisition than oil cultural factors. {T}hese findings show that the marriage search model, which was first applied in {W}estern countries, can also hold in cities of developing {C}ountries. {N}onetheless, neither the search model nor the integration or the independence models apply to women's union formation, which very few exogenous factors can explain.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {B}iosocial {S}cience},
  volume = {41},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {433--455},
  ISSN = {0021-9320},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0021932009003319},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00003957},
}