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Pearl S. Kyei

SENIOR LECTURER

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Social demographyeducation
Publications

25

Citations

287

H-index

7

i10-index

5

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
11.5
Most cited paper
113
First publication year
2010
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:18
Publications

25 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Literacy gaps by educational attainment: A cross-national analysis
H Park, P Kyei
2011 Social Forces 89 (3), 879-904, 2011 Social Sciences 113
What do you do with success? The science of scaling up a health systems strengthening intervention in Ghana
JF Phillips, JK Awoonor-Williams, AA Bawah, BA Nimako, NS Kanlisi, ...
2018 BMC health services research 18 (1), 484, 2018 Health Sciences 48
Evaluating health service coverage in Ghana’s Volta Region using a modified Tanahashi model
MC Sheff, AA Bawah, PO Asuming, P Kyei, M Kushitor, JF Phillips, ...
2020 Global Health Action 13 (1), 1732664, 2020 Health Sciences 28
School segregation and the achievement gap between immigrant and native students: A comparative study of 18 countries
H Park, P Kyei
2010 Sociological Theory and Methods 25 (2), 207-228, 2010 Social Sciences 23
Health policy and systems research capacities in Ethiopia and Ghana: findings from a self-assessment
V Tangcharoensathien, M Sudhakar, Z Birhanu, G Abraham, A Bawah, ...
2022 Global Health: Science and Practice 10 (Supplement 1), 2022 Health Sciences 17
When Boys Read better than Girls: The Correlation between Gender Disparities in Schooling Participation and Reading Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
P Kyei
2021 Africa Education Review 18 (3-4), 1-18, 2021 Social Sciences 9
Changes in population literacy and numeracy in Ghana after three decades of free basic education
PS Kyei, FM Dzanku, SK Annim
2025 Development Policy Review 43 (1), e12824, 2025 Social Sciences 8
Patterns of interethnic marriage in Ghana: 2000–2010
P Kyei
2022 Ghana Journal of Geography 14 (1), 122-137, 2022 Social Sciences 6
Care-giver child interactions and early cognitive development in West and Central Africa
PS Kyei, NY Nyarko
2024 Early Child Development and Care 194 (3), 414-423, 2024 Social Sciences 5
Trends in spousal age difference at first marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa
PS Kyei, S Agyei-Mensah, JB Casterline, AA Bawah
2025 Journal of Biosocial Science 57 (4), 532-548, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Contraceptive use and method mix dynamics in Sub-saharan Africa: time trends and the influence of the HIV pandemic
AA Bawah, PS Kyei, C Agyei-Asabere
2024 Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 9 (1), 14, 2024 Health Sciences 4
Barriers and Facilitators to Data Use for Decision Making: The Experience of the African Health Initiative Partnerships in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
S Gimbel, C Baynes, HA Tilahun, L Hirschhorn, C Inguane, P Kyei, ...
2022 GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 10, 2022 Health Sciences 4
Impact of health system strengthening interventions on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol
C Agula, AA Bawah, PO Asuming, P Kyei, A Biney
2024 Systematic Reviews 13 (1), 15, 2024 Health Sciences 3
Spousal age differences and women’s contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa
PS Kyei, AA Bawah
2024 Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 9 (1), 45, 2024 Health Sciences 3
“You can’t look at an orange and draw a banana”: using research evidence to develop relevant health policy in Ghana
AA Bawah, AAE Biney, P Kyei
2022 Global Health: Science and Practice 10 (Supplement 1), 2022 Health Sciences 3
Education and Literacy in Ghana: Trends, Disparities, and Implications for Sustainable Development
PS Kyei, SK Annim
2025 Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development, 217-249, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development
AA Bawah, SO Kwankye, PS Kyei
2025 Springer Nature, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Measuring Ghana’s primary health care system readiness towards attaining universal health coverage using a composite index
S Apanga, P Kyei, PO Asuming, A Bawah
2025 Journal of Global Health Science 8 (S1), 2025 Health Sciences 1
Work, Earnings and Poverty in Ghana
PS Kyei, SK Annim
2025 Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development, 339-361, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Child fostering and school attendance in West Africa over time
PS Kyei
2024 Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 19 (3), 505-517, 2024 Social Sciences 1
“The trip actually opened our eyes to things that we were supposed to do and we were not doing”: developing primary health care system leadership in a low-income country with …
M Kushitor, K Wright, A Biney, EW Kanmiki, P Kyei, JF Phillips, ...
2023 Research in Health Services & Regions 2 (1), 15, 2023 Health Sciences 1
Embedding research on implementation of primary health care systems strengthening: a commentary on collaborative experiences in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
C Baynes, M Sheff, L Hirschhorn, L Adedokun, Q Fernandes, K Sherr, ...
2022 GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 10, 2022 Health Sciences 1
Improving primary care quality through supportive supervision and mentoring: lessons from the African Health Initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
C Baynes, H Belay, L Hirschhorn, Q Fernandes, SP Kachur, H Tilahun, ...
2022 GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 10, 2022 Health Sciences 1
The home matters: influences of household and student factors on early grade learning outcomes in Ghana
JJ Kyei, PS Kyei
2026 Early Child Development and Care, 1-19, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Demography and the Future of Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development
AA Bawah, SO Kwankye, PS Kyei
2025 Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development, 363-374, 2025 Social Sciences 0