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Title:Cohort analysis of fertility change among females in two agro-ecological zones of Ghana
Author:Codjoe, Samuel Nii ArdeyISNI
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]
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