Women's Empowerment in the Context of Millennium Development Goal 3: A Case Study of Married Women in Ghana

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-158

  Boateng, Godfred Odei ^a   Kuuire, Vincent Zubedaar ^a   Ung, Mengieng ^a   Amoyaw, Jonathan Anim ^a   Armah, Frederick Ato ^a   Luginaah, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decision making; Education; Ghana; Logistic regression; Married women

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; WOMENS STATUS;

GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84892482000     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0212-8     Document Type: Article

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