F Nii-Amoo Dodoo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 88533 |
|---|---|
| NOME | F Nii-Amoo Dodoo |
| PRENOMES | F Nii-Amoo |
| SOBRENOME | Dodoo |
| ASSINATURA | DODOO F N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tulane University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 38 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 417 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
Psychosocial stressors among Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe
Psychosocial stressors have significant health and socio-economic impacts on individuals. We examined the prevalence and correlates of psychosocial stressors among non-migrant and migrant Ghanaians as there is limited research in these populations. The study was cross-sectional and quantitative in design. A majority of the study participants had experienced stress, discrimination and negative life events. Increased age, female sex, strong social …
Being overweight and its association with risky sexual behaviour among female youth in Ghana
The Migration Experience and Differential Risks to Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana
Background. Though internal migration in Ghana has become increasingly common in recent years, research has not focused on the gendered experiences and perceptions of migration and the association with sexual and reproductive health risks for male and female migrants. Method. A qualitative study using semistructured interviews among migrant market workers and market leaders working in Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana, was completed in April 2018. Int…
Stigma, discrimination, violence, and HIV testing among men who have sex with men in four major cities in Ghana
LGBTQ populations experience human rights abuses worldwide; data need to document the health impact of these experiences in Africa. In Ghana, we measured events of sexuality-based stigma, discrimination, and violence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and the impact on HIV testing behavior. Data are from respondent-driven sampling surveillance surveys in Accra/Tema, Kumasi, Cape Coast/Takoradi, and Koforidua. Discrimination was common among MS…
Does financial autonomy imply reproductive and sexual autonomy? Evidence from urban poor women in Accra, Ghana
This article investigates the association between financial autonomy and three other measures of autonomy – sexual autonomy, perceived reproductive autonomy and actual reproductive autonomy in Ga-Mashie, Accra, Ghana. From anthropological accounts, the financial independence of women from this community, coupled with unique living arrangements, have resulted in them being independent and autonomous. The analytical sample consists of 172 women who…
The Conditionality of Norms
Social norms are rules that prescribe and proscribe behavior. The application of norms is conditional. But scholars have little systematic understanding of the factors that affect conditionality. The authors argue that understanding norms requires assessing the costs and benefits of focal and nonfocal behaviors for norm targets, beneficiaries, and enforcers. The authors develop hypotheses about two combinations of these factors; they hypothesize …
Geographic mobility and potential bridging for sexually transmitted infections in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
What are the characteristics of ‘sexually ready’ adolescents? Exploring the sexual readiness of youth in urban poor Accra
Sexual readiness is related to sexual activity as well as other characteristics of the adolescents, suggesting the need to consider these factors in the design of programs and interventions to curb early sex. The subject of sexual readiness has to be investigated further to ensure adolescents do not identify with any negative effects of this sexual self-view
How community physical, structural, and social stressors relate to mental health in the urban slums of Accra, Ghana
Lab experiments in demographic fieldwork
Anthropological literature has long linked bridewealth payments to decision-making about fertility. Recent research underscores the significance of menâ s preferences regarding womenâ s reproductive behavior, and suggests that bridewealth payments place cons
Migration, sexual networks, and HIV in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
BACKGROUND: HIV is spread through structured sexual networks, which are influenced by migration patterns, but network-oriented studies of mobility and HIV risk behavior have been limited. OBJECTIVE: We present a comprehensive description and initial results from our Migration & HIV in Ghana (MHG) study in Agbogbloshie, an urban slum area within Accra, Ghana. METHODS: The MHG study was a population-based cross-sectional study of adults aged 18-49 …
The Shadow of Indebtedness
Bridewealth is fundamental to marriage in Africa. Anthropological research provides substantial information regarding characteristics of the bridewealth transaction, but scholars and policymakers know little about its consequences for women in contemporary Africa. We argue that the payment of bridewealth strengthens normative constraints on women's autonomy in the reproductive domain. We test and find support for our argument using a unique vigne…
Urbanisation, Poverty and Sexual Behaviour
The question of how urbanisation and poverty are linked in sub-Saharan Africa is an increasingly pressing one. The urban character of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa exacerbates concern about the urbanisation–poverty relationship. Recent empirical work has linked urban poverty, and particularly slum residence, to risky sexual behaviour in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. This paper explores the generalisability of these assertions about the …
Internal migration to Nairobi’s slums
The Man Comes to Marry the Woman”
A qualitative analysis of 28 in-depth interviews with adolescent boys aged between 12 and 15 years in the Akwapim highlands of Ghana reveals that the traditional practice of bridewealth exchange—called the customary rites among the Akwapim—fuels adolescent boys' expectations of increased male authority in marriage. Although the available literature on bridewealth argues that the traditional marriage practice of bridewealth exchange in sub-Saharan…
The role of intergenerational transfers, land, and education in fertility transition in rural Kenya
Gender in African Population Research
We survey the literature on sub-Saharan Africa to identify how gender has factored into explaining fertility levels and behavior. Tracing the development of male role theory, we argue that despite increasing awareness of men's authority, fertility research continues to focus almost exclusively on women and treats gender as a property of individuals instead of as a system of inequality. The mainstream fertility literature generally overlooks the d…
Urban-rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation-Sexual behavior link in Kenya
Cohabitation, marriage, and 'sexual monogamy' in Nairobi's slums
Sexual risk-taking in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98
Relatively less attention has been paid to reproductive health problems facing deprived urban residents than to those facing rural residents in the sub-Saharan Africa. This is probably because the majority of Africans live in rural areas, where they are presumed to have poorer medical, educational, and other social services. Yet, the unprecedented rate of urbanization and the accompanying disproportionate growth in the proportion of poor city res…
Reversal of Fortune
The earnings of African American women increased throughout the 1960s and 1970s, yet by the 1980s there were signs of a reversal. Using data from the 1980 and 1990 censuses of population, this study examines the deterioration in Black women's earnings across the 1980s. The authors ask what caused the earnings reversal given the improvements in Black women's human capital and industrial locations. The study finds that while the returns to schoolin…
Fertility Desires and Perceptions of Power in Reproductive Conflict in Ghana
Ghanaian fertility decline may not be associated with women's having greater control over reproduction. Focus groups of young Ghanaian men and women indicate that attitudes supporting men's dominance in fertility decisions characterize even the highly educated. Young women with high fertility desires anticipate being able to stop childbearing when they want to, but they do not expect to be able to continue if their husband wants to stop. Those wi…
Africans in the diaspora
The condition of Africans in the diaspora proffers insight into not just their adaptation to their new countries, but also the nature of racial stratification at their destinations. We examine race differences in earnings between black and white Africans in America and find sizeable differences among immigrants who have relatively similar human capital profiles. Whites have annual earnings 80 per cent higher than their black counterparts, and the…
RESEARCH Note Some evidence against the assumption that approval of family planning is associated with frequency of spouses' discussion of the subject
Much previous work on the relationship between respondent's reported frequency of discussion with spouse about family planning and correctness of reporting spouse's approval of family planning has led to the conclusion that discussion promotes approval. In this paper, data from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys are used to show that a focus on the relationship between frequency of discussion and correctness of reporting partner's disa…
Black America and Minority Immigrants
Men matter
The extent of men’s roles in reproductive decision-making in Africa is a subject of contention. Despite the volume of work on the roles men play in fertility decisions, there have been few attempts to derive direct empirical estimates of the effect of men’s preferences on reproductive behavior. I employ 1989 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the relative roles of the reproductive preferences of males and females on contrace…
Gender in African Population Research
We survey the literature on sub-Saharan Africa to identify how gender has factored into explaining fertility levels and behavior. Tracing the development of male role theory, we argue that despite increasing awareness of men's authority, fertility research continues to focus almost exclusively on women and treats gender as a property of individuals instead of as a system of inequality. The mainstream fertility literature generally overlooks the d…
The Shadow of Indebtedness
Bridewealth is fundamental to marriage in Africa. Anthropological research provides substantial information regarding characteristics of the bridewealth transaction, but scholars and policymakers know little about its consequences for women in contemporary Africa. We argue that the payment of bridewealth strengthens normative constraints on women's autonomy in the reproductive domain. We test and find support for our argument using a unique vigne…
Urban-rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation-Sexual behavior link in Kenya
Africans in the diaspora
The condition of Africans in the diaspora proffers insight into not just their adaptation to their new countries, but also the nature of racial stratification at their destinations. We examine race differences in earnings between black and white Africans in America and find sizeable differences among immigrants who have relatively similar human capital profiles. Whites have annual earnings 80 per cent higher than their black counterparts, and the…
Assimilation Differences among Africans in America
A couple analysis of micro-level supply/demand factors in fertility regulation
Fertility Desires and Perceptions of Power in Reproductive Conflict in Ghana
Ghanaian fertility decline may not be associated with women's having greater control over reproduction. Focus groups of young Ghanaian men and women indicate that attitudes supporting men's dominance in fertility decisions characterize even the highly educated. Young women with high fertility desires anticipate being able to stop childbearing when they want to, but they do not expect to be able to continue if their husband wants to stop. Those wi…
Earnings differences among blacks in America
Sexual risk-taking in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98
Relatively less attention has been paid to reproductive health problems facing deprived urban residents than to those facing rural residents in the sub-Saharan Africa. This is probably because the majority of Africans live in rural areas, where they are presumed to have poorer medical, educational, and other social services. Yet, the unprecedented rate of urbanization and the accompanying disproportionate growth in the proportion of poor city res…
Marriage Type and Reproductive Decisions
This study compared the effect of fertility preferences on contraceptive use in Ghana and Kenya. Data were obtained from the 1988 and 1993 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the 1989 and 1993 Kenya DHS among a nationally representative sample of women aged 15-49 years and a sample of men aged 20-54 years. Three hypotheses were examined. Men in polygamous unions were expected to have greater influence in decision-making about contracep…
Men, Women, and the Fertility Question in Sub-Saharan Africa
The unmet need for family planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is examined in the light of differences in desired fertility between men and women. This paper argues that the extent to which family planning will be used in Sub-Saharan Africa lies somewhere between the estimates of the unmet need of women and those provided by a measure of couples need where the latter includes the preferences of both partners. Simply put the demand for contraception gle…
The Man Comes to Marry the Woman”
A qualitative analysis of 28 in-depth interviews with adolescent boys aged between 12 and 15 years in the Akwapim highlands of Ghana reveals that the traditional practice of bridewealth exchange—called the customary rites among the Akwapim—fuels adolescent boys' expectations of increased male authority in marriage. Although the available literature on bridewealth argues that the traditional marriage practice of bridewealth exchange in sub-Saharan…
Explaining spousal differences in reproductive preferences
Do male reproductive preferences really point to a need to refocus fertility policy
Cohabitation, marriage, and 'sexual monogamy' in Nairobi's slums
The Conditionality of Norms
Social norms are rules that prescribe and proscribe behavior. The application of norms is conditional. But scholars have little systematic understanding of the factors that affect conditionality. The authors argue that understanding norms requires assessing the costs and benefits of focal and nonfocal behaviors for norm targets, beneficiaries, and enforcers. The authors develop hypotheses about two combinations of these factors; they hypothesize …
How community physical, structural, and social stressors relate to mental health in the urban slums of Accra, Ghana
Internal migration to Nairobi’s slums
The role of intergenerational transfers, land, and education in fertility transition in rural Kenya
Reversal of Fortune
The earnings of African American women increased throughout the 1960s and 1970s, yet by the 1980s there were signs of a reversal. Using data from the 1980 and 1990 censuses of population, this study examines the deterioration in Black women's earnings across the 1980s. The authors ask what caused the earnings reversal given the improvements in Black women's human capital and industrial locations. The study finds that while the returns to schoolin…
Black and immigrant labor force participation in America
Urbanisation, Poverty and Sexual Behaviour
The question of how urbanisation and poverty are linked in sub-Saharan Africa is an increasingly pressing one. The urban character of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa exacerbates concern about the urbanisation–poverty relationship. Recent empirical work has linked urban poverty, and particularly slum residence, to risky sexual behaviour in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. This paper explores the generalisability of these assertions about the …
Geographic mobility and potential bridging for sexually transmitted infections in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Migration, sexual networks, and HIV in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
BACKGROUND: HIV is spread through structured sexual networks, which are influenced by migration patterns, but network-oriented studies of mobility and HIV risk behavior have been limited. OBJECTIVE: We present a comprehensive description and initial results from our Migration & HIV in Ghana (MHG) study in Agbogbloshie, an urban slum area within Accra, Ghana. METHODS: The MHG study was a population-based cross-sectional study of adults aged 18-49 …
Earnings differences among blacks in America
A couple analysis of micro-level supply/demand factors in fertility regulation
Insights into Spousal Differences in Reproductive Dis/Agreement
Although considerable disagreement about fertility goals exists among spouses, there is little evidence that these result from differences in the relative status of spouses. Data from the 1988 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey are used here to show that a higher relative occupational status of women inclines couples away from agreement on having more children. The research and policy implications of these findings are discussed
Education and Changing Reproductive Behavior in Ghana
This study employs recent data from the 1988 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey to assess earlier speculation of fertility change in Ghana. The findings are cautiously optimistic. Although there is little evidence to support any hypothesis of a fertility turnaround in Ghana, there is some indication that continued increases in the proportion of women with some secondary education may yet induce a fertility transition in Ghana
Explaining spousal differences in reproductive preferences
Earnings Differences among the Mexican-Origin Population in the United States
We use data from the June 1986 Current Population Survey to investigate nativity and citizenship differences in earnings within the Mexican-origin population in the United States. There is no evidence of any 'costs' of nativity or citizenship status. Rather, the existing variation appears to be more than explained by the distribution of earnings-related endowments. In fact, there is evidence that immigrants are better rewarded for their lower end…
Relative Spousal Status and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
This research examines the relationship between gender relations and decisions regarding child health and investigates the hypothesis that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the health of children is hampered by low levels of female autonomy. Using data from Ghana's 1988 Demographic and Health Survey, the findings provide no support for a gender relations theory, suggesting that the relative power of spouses may not be as relevant in health and mortality de…
Men, Women, and the Fertility Question in Sub-Saharan Africa
The unmet need for family planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is examined in the light of differences in desired fertility between men and women. This paper argues that the extent to which family planning will be used in Sub-Saharan Africa lies somewhere between the estimates of the unmet need of women and those provided by a measure of couples need where the latter includes the preferences of both partners. Simply put the demand for contraception gle…
Do male reproductive preferences really point to a need to refocus fertility policy
Assimilation Differences among Africans in America
Men matter
The extent of men’s roles in reproductive decision-making in Africa is a subject of contention. Despite the volume of work on the roles men play in fertility decisions, there have been few attempts to derive direct empirical estimates of the effect of men’s preferences on reproductive behavior. I employ 1989 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys to examine the relative roles of the reproductive preferences of males and females on contrace…
Marriage Type and Reproductive Decisions
This study compared the effect of fertility preferences on contraceptive use in Ghana and Kenya. Data were obtained from the 1988 and 1993 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the 1989 and 1993 Kenya DHS among a nationally representative sample of women aged 15-49 years and a sample of men aged 20-54 years. Three hypotheses were examined. Men in polygamous unions were expected to have greater influence in decision-making about contracep…
Black America and Minority Immigrants
Black and immigrant labor force participation in America
RESEARCH Note Some evidence against the assumption that approval of family planning is associated with frequency of spouses' discussion of the subject
Much previous work on the relationship between respondent's reported frequency of discussion with spouse about family planning and correctness of reporting spouse's approval of family planning has led to the conclusion that discussion promotes approval. In this paper, data from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys are used to show that a focus on the relationship between frequency of discussion and correctness of reporting partner's disa…
Sexual risk-taking in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98
Relatively less attention has been paid to reproductive health problems facing deprived urban residents than to those facing rural residents in the sub-Saharan Africa. This is probably because the majority of Africans live in rural areas, where they are presumed to have poorer medical, educational, and other social services. Yet, the unprecedented rate of urbanization and the accompanying disproportionate growth in the proportion of poor city res…
Reversal of Fortune
The earnings of African American women increased throughout the 1960s and 1970s, yet by the 1980s there were signs of a reversal. Using data from the 1980 and 1990 censuses of population, this study examines the deterioration in Black women's earnings across the 1980s. The authors ask what caused the earnings reversal given the improvements in Black women's human capital and industrial locations. The study finds that while the returns to schoolin…
Fertility Desires and Perceptions of Power in Reproductive Conflict in Ghana
Ghanaian fertility decline may not be associated with women's having greater control over reproduction. Focus groups of young Ghanaian men and women indicate that attitudes supporting men's dominance in fertility decisions characterize even the highly educated. Young women with high fertility desires anticipate being able to stop childbearing when they want to, but they do not expect to be able to continue if their husband wants to stop. Those wi…
Africans in the diaspora
The condition of Africans in the diaspora proffers insight into not just their adaptation to their new countries, but also the nature of racial stratification at their destinations. We examine race differences in earnings between black and white Africans in America and find sizeable differences among immigrants who have relatively similar human capital profiles. Whites have annual earnings 80 per cent higher than their black counterparts, and the…
Urban-rural differences in the socioeconomic deprivation-Sexual behavior link in Kenya
Cohabitation, marriage, and 'sexual monogamy' in Nairobi's slums
Gender in African Population Research
We survey the literature on sub-Saharan Africa to identify how gender has factored into explaining fertility levels and behavior. Tracing the development of male role theory, we argue that despite increasing awareness of men's authority, fertility research continues to focus almost exclusively on women and treats gender as a property of individuals instead of as a system of inequality. The mainstream fertility literature generally overlooks the d…
The role of intergenerational transfers, land, and education in fertility transition in rural Kenya
Internal migration to Nairobi’s slums
The Man Comes to Marry the Woman”
A qualitative analysis of 28 in-depth interviews with adolescent boys aged between 12 and 15 years in the Akwapim highlands of Ghana reveals that the traditional practice of bridewealth exchange—called the customary rites among the Akwapim—fuels adolescent boys' expectations of increased male authority in marriage. Although the available literature on bridewealth argues that the traditional marriage practice of bridewealth exchange in sub-Saharan…
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