Women's work and breastfeeding simultaneously rise in Ghana

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-612

  Derose, Laurie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FERTILITY; MODERNIZATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

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

EID: 34047258195     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511193     Document Type: Article

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