The time dynamics of individual fertility preferences among rural Ghanaian women

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Kodzi, Ivy A ^a   Casterline, John B ^b   Aglobitse, Peter ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA;

EID: 77951161488     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2010.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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