Neighborhoods and fertility in Accra, Ghana: An AMOEBA-based approach

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 558-578

  Weeks, John R ^a   Getis, Arthur ^a   Hill, Allan G ^b   Agyei Mensah, Samuel ^c   Rain, David ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; AMOEBA; Fertility; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FERTILITY; INNOVATION; MARRIAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 77954039269     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045601003791391     Document Type: Article

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