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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01m326m452w| Title: | Urban Integration in Africa : A Socio-Demographic Survey of Naïrobi |
| Contributors: | Bocquier, Phillipe Otieno, Alfred T. A. Orieno Khasakhala, Anne A. Owuor, Samuel |
| Keywords: | Urbanization Kenya Nairobi Africa Social conditions City planning Urban policy Family Education Gender |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) |
| Place of Publication: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Series/Report no.: | CODESRIA book series |
| Description: | Nairobi is the main door to the East African market and a safe haven for most international firms and organizations, yet it nurtures so much poverty. Part of the explanation is embedded in the social history of today’s citizens of Nairobi. This book is based on the collection of almost 1,600 biographies of men and women aged 25-54. Using data collected in 2001, a team composed of researchers from the University of Nairobi’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and the Population Studies and Research Institute and the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi) analysed how the Nairobi city-dwellers entered the labour market, had access to independent residence and form their family since the 1960s and the factors that influence timing of these main paths to adulthood. The results show that men’s entry into adulthood is conditioned on employment, whereas women did not emancipate from their role of mother and spouse. Socio-cultural origins and migration status play a minor role in urban integration while education and gender is crucial. The formal economy declined since the 1980s, not as much to the benefit of informal enterprises as to the expense of the protection of employees. At the same time, youth unemployment increased while women’s labour force participation decreased. The resulting poverty makes it harder for couples to form and sustain a family. This book is an important resource to sociologists, demographers, geographers, economists, urban planners and historians who want to know more about urban integration in Africa. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01m326m452w |
| ISSN: | 978-2-86978-229-7 |
| Related resource: | http://www.codesria.org |
| Appears in Collections: | Serials and series reports (Publicly Accessible) - CODESRIA |
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