Amoateng, Acheampong Yaw2018-06-202018-06-202017Amoateng, A.Y. 2017. Socio-cultural correlates of changes in the timing of marriage in Ghana: 1988-2014. Gender and Behaviour, 15:8768-8775. [https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-b1d14cb75?fromSearch=true]1596-9231https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-b1d14cb75?fromSearch=truehttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/27835While conventional thinking with regards to population change has given pride of place to the three central demographic variables of fertility, mortality and migration; family formation and dissolution patterns have been equally important in determining population dynamics. For instance, the bulk of childbearing (fertility) takes place within the context of marriage, a process which in turn affects an important component of population change, the birth rate. In fact, the high levels of fertility in many sub-Saharan African populations have been attributed to the pattern of near universal and early marriage in these societies, while the low birth rate that characterizes the developed societies has been a function of the relatively lower levels and later marriage patterns in such societies (Bongaarts 1982; Coale and Treadway 1986; Rosero-Bixby 1996).enChangesGhanaSocio-cultural correlates and Timing of MarriageArticle