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Title:Economic Models and Having Children: Some Evidence from Kwahu, Ghana
Authors:Oppong, ChristineISNI
Bleek, Wolf
Year:1982
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:52
Issue:4
Pages:15-33
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:Kwahu
family planning
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Women's Issues
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1160092
https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1982-052-00-000002
Abstract:This paper is concerned with aspects of reproduction and fertility among the Kwahu of southern Ghana, an Akan sub-group, and more particularly among the members of a lineage in a rural town characterised by profound socio-economic change and differentiation. The data pertain to people's decisions whether or not to practice contraception, to have abortions, to carry pregnancies to full term; in short, whether or not to regulate their fertility by traditional and modern chemical and mechanical methods. The focal concept under review is the costs and opportunity costs of parenthood. Notes, ref., French sum.
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