Fertility transition in Ghana: Looking back and looking forward

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-477

  Agyei Mensah, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fertility transition; Ghana; Time and space; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33751092784     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.425     Document Type: Article

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