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Direct linkFox, Kiira; Heaton, Tim B. – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: Rural children in developing countries have poor health outcomes in comparison with urban children. This paper considers 4 questions regarding the rural/urban difference, namely: (1) do individual-level characteristics account for rural/urban differences in child nutritional status; (2) do community-level characteristics account for…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Individual Characteristics, Medical Services, Rural Urban Differences
Heaton, Tim B.; Darkwah, Akosua – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
This research examines trends in a broad set of reproductive and marital behaviors in Ghana, focusing on religious group differences. These comparisons provide evidence of how family trends are constrained by religious identity in a less developed country. Three waves of the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys are used to track trends in the age…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Marital Status, Family Size, Family Structure
