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The polygyny–fertility hypothesis revisited: the situation in Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Francis J. Sichona
Francis J. Sichona
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Summary

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.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 473 - 482
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Copyright © 1993, Cambridge University Press

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