Mixed methods exploration of Ghanaian women's domestic work, childcare and effects on their mental health.

ABSTRACT: This research paper aims to understand the effects of time spent in domestic work, including childcare, on women's mental health in Ghana. The paper adopted a triangulation convergence mixed methods approach. The quantitative information was sourced from two waves (2009/ 2014) of the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey (GSEPS) while qualitative information was obtained from in-depth interviews with couples and key informants from five (5) regions, representing diverse ethnic backgrounds, in Ghana. Employing fixed effects regressions and a multinomial logistic regression model with fixed effects, we find that domestic work contributes to poorer mental health outcomes among women. These results are consistent, even when we correct for potential self-selectivity of women into domestic work. We a

SUBMITTER: Owoo NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853525 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature