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Bridewealth
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(a.k.a. Brideprice) is a gift from the husband and his kin to the wife’s kin, which stabilizes the marriage by acting as an insurance against divorce.
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Brideservice
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Custom in which a man spends a period of time working for the family of his wife.
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Dowry
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the family of a woman transfers property or wealth to her upon her marriage.
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Postmarital Residence Pattern
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Where a newly married couple go to live after their marriage.
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Patrilocal Residence
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Couple lives with or near the husband's parents.
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Matrilocal Residence
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Couple lives with or near the wife's parents.
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Bilocal Residence
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Couple lives with either the wife's or the husband's parents according to choice.
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Neolocal Residence
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Couples establish a separate household apart from both the husband and wife's parents.
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