Religion, Contraception, and Method Choice of Married Women in Ghana

Using pooled data from the 1998 and 2003 Demographic and Health Surveys, this paper investigates the association between religion and contraceptive behavior of married women in Ghana. Guided by the particularized theology and characteristics hypotheses, multinomial logit and complementary log-log mo...

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Authors: Gyimah, Stephen Obeng (Author) ; Takyi, Baffour K. (Author) ; Adjei, Jones K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2012]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 1359-1374
Further subjects:B reproductive behavior
B Africa
B Religion
B Contraception
B Ghana
B Family Planning
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