What has faith got to do with it? Religion and child survival in Ghana

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 923-937

  Obeng Gyimah, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34848892207     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007001927     Document Type: Article

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