Integrating the In‐Laws: Class and Kin Support Within Marriage in Urban Kenya.
Objective: This study compares affinal kin relationships in low‐income and higher‐income families in Nairobi, Kenya. Background: In most studies of kinship structure and relationships in sub‐Saharan Africa, culture serves as the basis upon which norms and expectations of kin are differentiated. Whil...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Marriage & Family Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 777 - 791 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=193710957&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 193710957 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00222445 JMA jtl: Journal of Marriage & Family issn: 00222445 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 88 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 193710957 10.1111/jomf.70039 ppf: 777 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: Integrating the In‐Laws: Class and Kin Support Within Marriage in Urban Kenya. aug: au: Stoebenau, Kirsten Viswasam, Nikita Sidze, Estelle M. Madhavan, Sangeetha affil: Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland,, USA Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland,, USA African Population Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya Department of African American & Africana Studies and Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland,, USA su: Nairobi (Kenya) Affinal relatives Parents-in-law Kinship Family relations Social classes Income Social stratification sug: subj: Affinal relatives Parents-in-law Kinship Family relations Social classes Income Social stratification Nairobi (Kenya) keyword: gender kin support marital relations qualitative methodology social class gender kin support marital relations qualitative methodology social class ab: Objective: This study compares affinal kin relationships in low‐income and higher‐income families in Nairobi, Kenya. Background: In most studies of kinship structure and relationships in sub‐Saharan Africa, culture serves as the basis upon which norms and expectations of kin are differentiated. While important, within the context of increasing economic inequality, it may be that marriage and kinship expectations and practices are also increasingly differentiated by social class, reflecting increasing social stratification in family formation and organization. Method: Narrative and thematic analysis were used on qualitative data from 46 in‐depth interviews with 28 low‐income, and 18 middle‐ and high‐income women and men, married or living with a partner, to understand class‐based differences in kin integration by gender. Results: Across class, among women, the levels of affinal kin integration varied; among men, those in the low‐income category described very limited affinal‐kin integration due to economic constraints, whereas their higher‐income peers were able to maintain close ties with affinal kin mainly attributable to having advanced in the union formalization process. At the same time, however, higher‐income participants—both men and women—expressed a desire for greater couple‐level autonomy in decision‐making. Conclusion: There are emerging class‐based differences in the structure and value of support from and relationships with affinal kin, which, in turn hold important implications for the reproduction of social stratification. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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