Islamic tourism: travel motivations, satisfaction and word of mouth, Ghana

A Preko, I Mohammed, TF Gyepi-Garbrah… - Journal of Islamic …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to present the push-pull motives of Islamic tourism and how these
provide the basis for promoting and developing Islamic tourism practices in Ghana's tourism …

Does religion influence fertility in developing countries

TB Heaton - Population Research and Policy Review, 2011 - Springer
This paper examines religious group differences in fertility in developing nations. Using data
from the Demographic and Health Surveys of 30 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America …

Cultural Models of Well-Being Implicit in Four Ghanaian Languages

A Osei-Tutu, VA Dzokoto, AA Affram, G Adams… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This contribution to the collection of articles on “African Cultural Models” considers the topic
of well-being. Reflecting modern individualist selfways of North American and European …

The impact of social media political activists on voting patterns

AN Kofi Frimpong, P Li, G Nyame, MA Hossin - Political Behavior, 2022 - Springer
This paper investigates how social media affects general voting patterns. Unlike previous
studies investigating whether citizens' use of social media affects political participation, this …

Muslim tourist religiosity, perceived values, satisfaction, and loyalty

A Preko, I Mohammed… - Tourism Review …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
This study investigates the relationships among Muslim tourists' perceived values,
satisfaction, loyalty, and the moderating effect of religiosity. These relationships are explored …

A gospel of prosperity? An analysis of the relationship between religion and earned income in Ghana, the most religious country in the world

SV Beck, SJ Gundersen - Journal for the Scientific Study of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study tests for a relationship between religious affiliation and earned income in Ghana.
While microeconomic analyses have studied the relationship between religion and several …

Connecting religion to homeownership: exploring local perspectives in Ghana

A Adu-Gyamfi - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
In developed and emerging economies, religion is becoming popular as potentially
influencing the achievement of homeownership aspirations. Yet, the understanding of the …

Religion and charitable donations: Experimental evidence from Africa

JA Doces, J Goldberg, A Wolaver - Journal for the scientific …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We hypothesize that there are two mechanisms by which religion can affect prosocial
behaviors. Being reminded about religion can induce prosocial behaviors through an …

'My own house, car, my husband, and children': meanings of success among Ghanaians

A Osei-Tutu, VA Dzokoto, G Adams, K Hanke… - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
The purpose of the study was to explore the extent to which contemporary social, economic,
and religious developments inform social constructions of success in Ghana. Participants …

Religion and socioeconomic status in developing nations: A comparative approach

TB Heaton - Social Compass, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The author shows that religious affiliation is associated with socioeconomic status, but it is
not clear how this relationship varies by national context. He examines religious group …