Summary information

Study title

Uterine Sibling Groups in Ghana, 1972

Creator

Goody, J., University of Cambridge, Department of Social Anthropology

Addo, N., ISSER (Legon, Ghana)

Study number / PID

1340 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1340-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of this study was to collect data on uterine sibling groups (i.e. children born to a mother) in selected communities in Ghana in order (1) to investigate interactions of variables and provide demographic information; and (2) to test hypotheses about sex preferences in a comparative study of material from Europe and Asia.

Main Topics:

Variables
Social characteristics of mother, mode of inheritance, sector (urban/rural birthplace and residence) history of birth events, number and sequence of children, birth intervals, infant mortality.

Family life and marriage

AGEBIRTH ORDERCHILDRENEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDFATHERSFERTILITYHUMAN SETTLEMENTINFANT MORTALITYLANGUAGESMARITAL STATUSMISCARRIAGEMORTALITY

Data collection period

01/08/1972 - 01/09/1972

Country

Ghana

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Families/households

National

Children

Mothers

Siblings

Universe

Mothers in all regions of Ghana except Northern region

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

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Addo, N. and Goody, J. (1976) Siblings in Ghana, Ghana: University of Ghana.
Goody, J. (1975) 'Population, economy and inheritance in Africa' , London: University of London Press.