The role of family in nigerian culture

Until recently, polygamy was common in Nigeria. Men would father large amounts of children from many wives. The wives were often very close with each other and their children, while the man remained separate from the rest of the family. Families often depend on others in tribes for help and are large and interconnected. As in the Javanese model, separate versions of the Yoruba model were tested in separate steps to examine the size and significance of the linkages in the separate models before the outcome variables were combined. The outcome variables are Growth (WAZ ...