What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana
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What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana
Background. There is a paucity of empirical literature in Ghana on rural areas and their utilisation of health facilities. The study examined the effects of the sociodemographics of rural women on place of delivery in the country. Methods. The paper made use of data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. Women from rural areas who had given birth within five years prior to the surve...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Reproductive Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2356-7104,2314-5757
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7203980