Urbanization and fertility: An event-history analysis of Coastal Ghana
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Urbanization and fertility: an event-history analysis of coastal Ghana.
In this article, we undertake an event-history analysis of fertility in Ghana. We exploit detailed life history calendar data to conduct a more refined and definitive analysis of the relationship among personal traits, urban residence, and fertility. Although urbanization is generally associated with lower fertility in developing countries, inferences in most studies have been hampered by a lac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Demography
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0070-3370,1533-7790
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0035