Gender in African population research: The fertility/ reproductive health example

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages 431-452

  Dodoo, F Nii Amoo ^a,b   Frost, Ashley E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Family; Fertility; Inequality; Power; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649093558     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134552     Document Type: Review

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