Socio-demographic factors in the marital status of older Ghanaians
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In this paper, marriage patterns among older Ghanaians are examined. A main aim is to assess the marital behaviour of these persons and the extent to which the behaviour is influenced by intervening variables such as urban or rural place of residence and gender. The data used were obtained from the Ghana population censuses of 1960 and 1970, specifically the Supplementary Enquiry (SE) and the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES), respectively, the 1984 census and a survey conducted in 1991. An analysis of the data sets has revealed significant differences: marital status is shown to vary according to gender and place of residence be it urban or rural.References
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Shryock, H.S. & Siegel. 1976. The methods and materials of demography. New York: Academic Press.
United Nations. 1995. World population prospects. 1994 revision. New York: UN Department for International Economic and Social Information, and Policy Analysis Population Division.
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William, I Lin, H.S. &. Cheung, P. 1993. Intergenerational decision-making in Singapore and Taiwan. The role of the elderly in family decisions. Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1-3.
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