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Direct linkHeaton, 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
Download full textBureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1977
Tables of demographic information about Ghana are presented, including size of population and estimates of fertility and mortality. The data were obtained primarily from population censuses in 1960 and 1970, a 1960 post-enumeration survey, and a 1971 supplementary enquiry. Because Ghana's vital registration system is incomplete, the data are not…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Data Analysis, Death
