Ghana Social Science Journal

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    A Gendered Perspective of Underemployment in Ghana
    (Ghana Social Science Journal, 2016) Baffour, P.T.; Quartey, P.
    Globally, studies have shown that inclusive growth is necessary for poverty reduction. Ghana until recently was a success story in Africa due to its achievement of high and sustained economic growth and impressive poverty reduction. Growth has however not been inclusive. With a high labour force participation rate, most jobs are created in the informal sector where labour is underutilised. Although both unemployment and underemployment are forms of labour underutilisation, research has over the years focused on unemployment. Using the Ghana Living Standards Survey Six (GLSS 6), this paper employs a multinomial logistic regression model within a labour underutilisation framework to investigate underemployment in Ghana from a gendered perspective. Consistent with previous studies, this study finds underemployment to be a rural phenomenon in Ghana. Women, unlike men, face a higher probability of being in income-related underemployment in all employment types. In addition, all levels of education are observed to increase the likelihood of time-related underemployment, yet in accordance with the human capital theory, the probability of income-related underemployment is observed to decline with education.
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    Gender of Household Heads, Assets and Choice of Basic Services
    (Ghana Social Science Journal, 2017-06) Domfe, G.; Aryeetey, E.B-D.
    The paper examines how assets owned by men- and women-headed households could help in enhancing the choice of different basic social services. It uses the data of a comprehensive field survey conducted by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research in 9,310 households across 23 MiDA intervention districts in Ghana in 2008. A multinomial logistic regression was employed to assess how ownership of a particular asset could enhance the choice of basic social services such as education, health and sanitation. The results of the study indicate that women-headed households control less productive assets and are therefore more likely to depend on the cheaper but lower quality public educational facilities than on the expensive but higher quality private educational facilities. Recommendations were therefore made for policy to ensure that opportunities are provided for women-headed households to own more productive assets.
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    The transformation of intimacy: mate selection in a Ghanaian municipality
    (Ghana Social Science Journal, 2018-06) Odoi, E.Y.
    Mate selection is a sine qua non for marriage. Generally, studies on mate selection have focused on attributes that individual’s desire in a potential mate and how gender influences these preferences without describing the processes of mate selection. To fill this gap, this paper highlights the processes of mate selection and how social variables such as place of residence, education and gender influence the mate selection standards of individuals. It also highlights the sources of these standards and how they might have changed overtime. Employing a mixed-method approach and grounded in the social role theory, the study points to two main findings: first at different stages of their lives, individuals get involved in different ‘romantic’ relationships before finally settling down with a particular partner. The study also shows that most individuals have a preconceived set of mate selection standards prior to the selection of a partner