Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3600498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yaw |
| FAMILY NAME | Oheneba-Sakyi |
| SIGNATURE | OHENEBA-SAKYI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | State University of New York at Potsdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Systematic Review of Ethical Integration of Generative AI in Higher Education
The rapid expansion of generative AI (GenAI) in higher education offers transformative opportunities but raises complex ethical concerns that demand rigorous examination. The existing literature is dominated by Global North perspectives, with African contexts accounting for only 11.4% of studies and Ghana for only 2.8%, leaving significant gaps in understanding ethical GenAI integration in post-colonial, multilingual and resource-constrained envi…
African Families at the Turn of the 21st Century
Preface Introduction to the Study of African Families: A Framework of Analysis by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi Northern Africa Continuity or Change: Family Law and Family Structure in Tunisia by Mounira M. Charrad and Allyson B. Goeken Diversity and Family: The Example of Egyptian Families by Bahira Sherif-Trask The Sudanese Family: Past Reflections and Contemporary Realities by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban Western Africa Senegalese Families: …
Marital Choice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Structural and Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ghana
A transformation is underway in family and marital processes in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. With the exception of recent research with an emphasis on childbearing issues, few researchers have analyzed these on-going developments. Using Ghana as a case study, this article examines the context of mate selection among men and women. We also compare the effect of structural as opposed to cultural factors on contemporary mate selection patterns.…
Marital Choice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Structural and Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ghana
Comparative Sociology is an international scholarly journal, published in six issues per year, dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions. All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed double-blind. The journal publishes book reviews and theoretical presentations, conceptual analyses and empirical findings at all levels o…
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services in Ghana: An Annotated Bibliography
Preface Acknowledgments Journal Sources Abbreviations Population Dynamics Reproductive Behavior and Contraception Family Planning Programs Factors Other than Contraception Affecting Fertility Primary Health Care Services Population Policy and Legislation Author Index Subject Index
Effects of Couples' Characteristics on Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Ghanaian Example
Using data from the 1988 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, this study examines couples' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the context of their attitudes towards family planning, and the impact of these factors on the use of contraceptives. The characteristics of the husbands and their influence on wives' behaviour illustrate the role of intra-household relations between men and women and their effect on fertility-related behavio…
Sociodemographic and Political Correlates of University Students' Causal Attributions for Poverty
The effects of sociodemographic and political variables on causal attribution for poverty were measured among college students using the LOGIT form of the general logistic regression. Consistent wi
Sociodemographic and Political Correlates of University Students’ Causal Attributions for Poverty
The effects of sociodemographic and political variables on causal attribution for poverty were measured among college students using the LOGIT form of the general logistic regression. Consistent with past research, our study indicated that students reporting higher parental social class, conservative political orientations, and opinions in favor of the death penalty were significantly more likely to agree with an individual causal attribution for…
Effects of Socio-Demographic Variables on Birth Intervals in Ghana
Using data from the Ghana Fertility Survey (GFS) of 1979-80, this study examined the effects of socio-demographic variables on birth intervals in Ghana. The most important factors associated with longer birth intervals are infant/child mortality, formal education, involvement in professional occupation, being non-Catholic, non-Moslem, being Akan or Mole-Dagbani, involvement in polygyny and residence in the Greater Accra region. However, the evide…
Determinants of current contraceptive use among Ghanaian women at the highest risk of pregnancy
This study uses data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) of 1988 to examine factors determining the continued low levels of contraceptive use in Ghana. The women currently using efficient contraception are those who have sexual intercourse regularly, who discuss family planning with their partner, whose husbands approve of the use of family planning, and who live in the northern sector of the country. The finding that husband's ap…
Physical violence in Utah households
Social Distance: A Study of Changing Views of Young Mormons toward Black Individuals
This study reports the changes of Bogardus Social Distance scores for beginning students at Brigham Young University from 1979 to 1989. A revelation was reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1978 which permitted black members to receive the Priesthood on an equal basis with whites. An earlier study reported an initial decrease in the social distance toward black members by the university students. This study was designed …
Cohort Shifts in the Timing of Births in Ghana
This article uses data from the Ghana Fertility Survey (GFS) 1979/1980 to examine the changing pattern of fertility behavior through the timing of births among different birth cohorts representing the onset of the fertility transition. Although the cohort changes expected do not appear to be large, there is some evidence of a pattern of birth intervals which suggests that the younger birth cohorts have shorter durations between marriage and first…
Physical violence in Utah households
Marital Choice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Structural and Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ghana
Comparative Sociology is an international scholarly journal, published in six issues per year, dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions. All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed double-blind. The journal publishes book reviews and theoretical presentations, conceptual analyses and empirical findings at all levels o…
Cohort Shifts in the Timing of Births in Ghana
This article uses data from the Ghana Fertility Survey (GFS) 1979/1980 to examine the changing pattern of fertility behavior through the timing of births among different birth cohorts representing the onset of the fertility transition. Although the cohort changes expected do not appear to be large, there is some evidence of a pattern of birth intervals which suggests that the younger birth cohorts have shorter durations between marriage and first…
Social Distance: A Study of Changing Views of Young Mormons toward Black Individuals
This study reports the changes of Bogardus Social Distance scores for beginning students at Brigham Young University from 1979 to 1989. A revelation was reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1978 which permitted black members to receive the Priesthood on an equal basis with whites. An earlier study reported an initial decrease in the social distance toward black members by the university students. This study was designed …
Cohort Shifts in the Timing of Births in Ghana
This article uses data from the Ghana Fertility Survey (GFS) 1979/1980 to examine the changing pattern of fertility behavior through the timing of births among different birth cohorts representing the onset of the fertility transition. Although the cohort changes expected do not appear to be large, there is some evidence of a pattern of birth intervals which suggests that the younger birth cohorts have shorter durations between marriage and first…
Physical violence in Utah households
Determinants of current contraceptive use among Ghanaian women at the highest risk of pregnancy
This study uses data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) of 1988 to examine factors determining the continued low levels of contraceptive use in Ghana. The women currently using efficient contraception are those who have sexual intercourse regularly, who discuss family planning with their partner, whose husbands approve of the use of family planning, and who live in the northern sector of the country. The finding that husband's ap…
Sociodemographic and Political Correlates of University Students' Causal Attributions for Poverty
The effects of sociodemographic and political variables on causal attribution for poverty were measured among college students using the LOGIT form of the general logistic regression. Consistent wi
Sociodemographic and Political Correlates of University Students’ Causal Attributions for Poverty
The effects of sociodemographic and political variables on causal attribution for poverty were measured among college students using the LOGIT form of the general logistic regression. Consistent with past research, our study indicated that students reporting higher parental social class, conservative political orientations, and opinions in favor of the death penalty were significantly more likely to agree with an individual causal attribution for…
Effects of Socio-Demographic Variables on Birth Intervals in Ghana
Using data from the Ghana Fertility Survey (GFS) of 1979-80, this study examined the effects of socio-demographic variables on birth intervals in Ghana. The most important factors associated with longer birth intervals are infant/child mortality, formal education, involvement in professional occupation, being non-Catholic, non-Moslem, being Akan or Mole-Dagbani, involvement in polygyny and residence in the Greater Accra region. However, the evide…
Effects of Couples' Characteristics on Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Ghanaian Example
Using data from the 1988 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, this study examines couples' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the context of their attitudes towards family planning, and the impact of these factors on the use of contraceptives. The characteristics of the husbands and their influence on wives' behaviour illustrate the role of intra-household relations between men and women and their effect on fertility-related behavio…
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services in Ghana: An Annotated Bibliography
Preface Acknowledgments Journal Sources Abbreviations Population Dynamics Reproductive Behavior and Contraception Family Planning Programs Factors Other than Contraception Affecting Fertility Primary Health Care Services Population Policy and Legislation Author Index Subject Index
Marital Choice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Structural and Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ghana
A transformation is underway in family and marital processes in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. With the exception of recent research with an emphasis on childbearing issues, few researchers have analyzed these on-going developments. Using Ghana as a case study, this article examines the context of mate selection among men and women. We also compare the effect of structural as opposed to cultural factors on contemporary mate selection patterns.…
Marital Choice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Structural and Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ghana
Comparative Sociology is an international scholarly journal, published in six issues per year, dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions. All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed double-blind. The journal publishes book reviews and theoretical presentations, conceptual analyses and empirical findings at all levels o…
African Families at the Turn of the 21st Century
Preface Introduction to the Study of African Families: A Framework of Analysis by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi Northern Africa Continuity or Change: Family Law and Family Structure in Tunisia by Mounira M. Charrad and Allyson B. Goeken Diversity and Family: The Example of Egyptian Families by Bahira Sherif-Trask The Sudanese Family: Past Reflections and Contemporary Realities by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban Western Africa Senegalese Families: …
A Systematic Review of Ethical Integration of Generative AI in Higher Education
The rapid expansion of generative AI (GenAI) in higher education offers transformative opportunities but raises complex ethical concerns that demand rigorous examination. The existing literature is dominated by Global North perspectives, with African contexts accounting for only 11.4% of studies and Ghana for only 2.8%, leaving significant gaps in understanding ethical GenAI integration in post-colonial, multilingual and resource-constrained envi…
Sociology (9 works) · Demography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Family planning (4 works) · Fertility (4 works) · Geography (4 works)