| 单词 | polygynous |
| 释义 | BETA Examples ofpolygynousDictionary> Examples ofpolygynous polygynousisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help! Add a definition The higher the educational level of a woman of a particular age, the lower her chance of marrying into apolygynousunion. From theCambridge English Corpus In the young and intermediate age groups, mean fertility of women inpolygynousmarriages is higher than that of women in monogamous marriages. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, simulations can assist in the design of empirical research on several aspects of genetic parentage in species withpolygynousor polyandrous mating systems. From theCambridge English Corpus However, most of this difference was due to the higher ages of women inpolygynousunions. From theCambridge English Corpus This may be partly explained by the fact that infertile or subfertile women do not seem to be selectively concentrated inpolygynousunions. From theCambridge English Corpus At the other extreme are the traditionalists who favour very large families: the farmers, the illiterate, thepolygynous, and the aged. From theCambridge English Corpus Australian foragers, on the other hand, were highlypolygynous, with old men sometimes having up to 10 wives. From theCambridge English Corpus They consisted of one or severalpolygynoushouseholds in which the wives lived in settlements chosen by their husbands, a practice called virilocal residence. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the very low rates of usage of those inpolygynousmarriages which depress the rates for the married as a whole. From theCambridge English Corpus The present data do not support the suggestion that a higher proportion of women inpolygynousunions are childless. From theCambridge English Corpus One-third of the wives aged below 25 were inpolygynousunions while two-thirds of those aged above 45 were in such unions. From theCambridge English Corpus Of these, 366 were in monogamous and 174 inpolygynousunions. From theCambridge English Corpus These individuals, dependants inpolygynousextended-family households, predominate among those who engage in labour prestation and bear the burden of so-called reciprocal labour. From theCambridge English Corpus The proportion of childless wives was 11% for women in monogamous unions and 6% for women inpolygynousunions. From theCambridge English Corpus Polygynousmarriages of the elite and rural lineage heads would be a logical extension of a patrifocal, endogamous organization, especially if female labor was a significant aspect of the economy. From theCambridge English Corpus This paper investigates differentials in fertility levels between women in monogamous unions and those inpolygynousunions using mean number of children ever born as the measure of fertility. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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