Premarital relationships and livelihoods in Ghana

Gender and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Ankomah, Augustine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENDER ROLES; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; WOMEN'S ISSUES; WOMEN'S ROLE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; INCOME; INCOME--WOMEN; LIVING ARRANGEMENTS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH--WOMEN;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GHANA; INCOME--WOMEN; LIVING ARRANGEMENTS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH--WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; INCOME; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

GHANA;

EID: 0030441872     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741922169     Document Type: Article

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