A cohort analysis of the timing of first birth and fertility in Ghana

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-266

  Gyimah, Stephen Obeng ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age at first birth; Birth cohort; Fertility; Ghana; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

GHANA;

EID: 0242708884     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026008912138     Document Type: Article

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