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Men are married in their early 20s, women after menarche (Netting, 1969)[1]. Divorce and adultery regulations are rather loose.
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[1] Netting, R. McC. (1969) Marital relations in the Jos Plateau of Nigeria, Am Anthropol 71,6:1037-46