Famílias e habitação em Maputo: um estudo sobre as percepções sociais dos jovens casados em relação a sua permanência na casa dos pais

Abstract

The study aims at understanding the construction process of social perception of young couples according to their permanency in their parent’s house. The study was carried out at Polana Caniço neighborhood «A» in houses with young couples, living in their parent’s house. As to the methodology we used the ethnomethodology and “life history”. However, besides these two methods, the work is essentially qualitative. This work relied on interviews, more particularly the semi-structured and also the systematic observation. We worked with a sample of 16 young men representing 8 couples. We used the intentional sampling together with the sample by accessibility or due to convenience. So to better understand and explain this issue we chose the phenomenological theory of Alfred Schutz. Henceforth, based on the above instruments, the results allowed us to understand that the permanency of the young married couples at the parents’ house is rather a matter of local culture and values, learned during the socialization process. Thus besides the fact that urban areas have their own characteristics and modern socialization agents, it does influence very little on choosing where to live after marriage, because in the present context analyzed, we see the prevalence of the traditional over the modern.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)