The influence of changes in women's religious affiliation on contraceptive use and fertility among the Kassena-Nankana of Northern Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-122

  Doctor, Henry V ^a   Phillips, James F ^b   Sakeah, Evelyn ^c  

^a Statistics South Africa   (South Africa)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DECISION MAKING; FERTILITY; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; TREND ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; GHANA; KASSENA-NANKANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UPPER EAST REGION; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67049173140     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2009.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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