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Title: | Cohort analysis of fertility change among females in two agro-ecological zones of Ghana |
Author: | Codjoe, Samuel Nii Ardey |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | Research Review (ISSN 0855-4412) |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 11-21 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Ghana West Africa |
Subjects: | fertility Medicine, Nutrition, Public Health Fertility, Human Research results Kassena-Nankana District (Ghana) Ejura-Sekyedumase District (Ghana) |
Abstract: | This paper presents evidence on fertility change in the Kassena-Nankana and Ejura-Sekyedumase districts (northern Ghana and the middle belt, respectively). It is based on data collected among 453 females in 2002 and uses the cross-sectional/synchronic and the longitudinal/diachronic methods of cohort analysis designed by N.D. Glenn (1977) to assess fertility change amongst females belonging to two age cohorts, viz. 20-29 and 40-49. A comparison of the cumulative birth per female at age 29 for the two cohorts shows a difference of 0.7 and 1.2 for Kassena-Nankana and Ejura-Sekyedumase districts, respectively, suggesting a slight decline in fertility amongst the younger cohort in both geographical areas. However, the decline in fertility was more pronounced in Ejura-Sekyedumase than in Kassena-Nankana. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [ASC Leiden abstract] |