Flahaux Marie-Laurence auteur aut IRD Wayack-Pambè M. auteur aut IRD Soura A. B. auteur aut IRD Compaoré Y. auteur aut IRD Sanogo S. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access This paper offers new evidence on the residential arrangements of couples in the context of migration and urbanisation in Africa, focusing on the case of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital city. We use a mixed-methods approach, combining data from a survey on the family histories of migrants merged with data from the Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System and qualitative interviews. The objective is to analyse how the migrants themselves perceive "living apart together", the extent of this phenomenon, its timing, and the factors influencing it. The longitudinal nature of our data specifically allows for the study of the drivers of couple reunification in Ouagadougou and of the physical separation of partners, whereby one goes to live away from Ouagadougou. Our results reveal that 25% of migrants in a union had a partner living outside Ouagadougou in 2015, and that the residential arrangements of such couples were associated with gender relations, family cycle, and integration into the city. specialized family reunification living apart together migration mixed methods residential arrangements urbanisation Ouagadougou BURKINA FASO OUAGADOUGOU 108 102 26 4 art. e2287 [16 ] 2020 1544-8444 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077385 10.1002/psp.2287 1544-8444 [F B010077385] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077385 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2019/12/010077385.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-01-07 2025-02-24 fdi:010077385 fre