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Abstract
Re-examination of the polygyny-fertility hypothesis, by multiple regression analysis of the 1988 Ghana DHS data, reveals that polygyny has no effect on the number of children ever born; i.e. polygynously married women are as fertile as those monogamously married. Husband's age has no significant role in determining the number of children ever born to a woman.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Behavior; Coital Frequency; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Data Analysis; Demographic And Health Surveys; Demographic Factors; Demographic Surveys; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; English Speaking Africa; Family Planning; Fecundability; Fecundity; Fertility; Geographic Factors; Ghana; Interdisciplinary Studies; Marital Fertility; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Multivariate Analysis; Nuptiality; Polygyny; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Resident Status; Sex Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Western Africa
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8227096
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosoc Sci ISSN： 0021-9320