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Do ethnicity and polygyny contribute to justification of men beating women in Ghana?

Joshua Amo-AdjeiDepartment of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD &
Derek Anamaale TuoyireSchool of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
, MPhl, PhD Candidate
Pages 48-64 | Received 14 Feb 2014, Accepted 07 Nov 2014, Published online: 04 Sep 2015

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