Gender, lineage, and fertility-related outcomes in Ghana

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 251-257

  Takyi, Baffour K ^a   Dodoo, F Nii Amoo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethnicity; Gender; Ghana; Power; Reproductive outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744441613     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00019.x     Document Type: Review

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