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Reproduction and social context in sub-Saharan Africa : a collection of micro-demographic studes
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Reproduction and social context in sub-Saharan Africa : a collection of micro-demographic studes

Author: Samuel Agyei-Mensah; John B Casterline
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 206
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Samuel Agyei-Mensah; John B Casterline
ISBN: 0313319081 9780313319082
OCLC Number: 49493244
Description: viii, 206 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Foreword by George Benneh vii -- Acknowledgments ix -- 1. Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan -- Africa: An Introduction 1 -- Samuel Agyei-Mensah and John B. Casterline -- 2. Social Organization and Reproductive Behavior in Southern Ghana 7 -- Dominic K. Agyeman and John B. Casterline -- 3. Social Identity and Community in the Fertility of Southern Ethiopian Women 37 -- Dennis P. Hogan and Betemariam Berhanu -- 4. The Fertility Impact of the Rahad Irrigation Project, Sudan 65 -- El-Rayah A. Osman -- 5. Social Setting, Birth Timing, and Subsequent Fertility in the Ghanaian South 89 -- Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Asbjorn Aase and Kofi Awusabo-Asare -- 6. Changes in Reproductive Ideology and Its Control from Natural to Limited Fertility Regimes in Malawi 109 -- Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu and Ezekiel Kalipeni -- 7. The Nature of Unmet Need for Contraception in Ndola, Zambia 127 -- Ann E. Biddlecom and Frederick A.D. Kaona -- 8. Space, Context, and Hardship: Socializing Children into Sexual Activity in Kenyan Slums 147 -- F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Melissa Sloan, and Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu -- 9. Economic Transactions Associated with Sexual Intercourse Among Malian Adolescents: Implications for Sexual Health 161 -- Sarah Castle and Mamadou Kani Konate -- 10. New Light on the Sub-Saharan African Fertility Transition: Conclusion 187 -- John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldwell -- Index 201 -- About the Editors and Contributors 205.
Series Title: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 206
Responsibility: edited by Samuel Agyei-Mensah and John B. Casterline ; foreword by George Benneh.
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