Women's fears and men's anxieties: The impact of family planning on gender relations in northern Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-66

  Bawah, Ayaga Agula ^a,d   Akweongo, Patricia ^a   Simmons, Ruth ^b   Phillips, James F ^c  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Population Council

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE;

GHANA;

EID: 0033105470     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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