To have or not to have another child: Life cycle, health and cost considerations of Ghanaian women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 966-972

  Kodzi, Ivy A ^a   Johnson, David R ^b   Casterline, John B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing desires; Economic; Fertility limitation; Fertility preferences; Ghana; Health; Longitudinal; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION POLICY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE;

GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84862799633     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.035     Document Type: Article

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