Tradition and change in family and marital processes: Selecting a marital partner in Ghana

Mate Selection Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 79-94

  Takyi, Baffour K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452204628.n5     Document Type: Chapter

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