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Stephen Kwankye

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor of Population Studies, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Population StudiesAdolescent sexual and reproductive healthchild and youth migration
Publications

62

Citations

1,475

H-index

17

i10-index

22

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
23.8
Most cited paper
465
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:51
Publications

62 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Migration from and to Ghana: A background paper
J Anarfi, S Kwankye, OM Ababio, R Tiemoko
2003 University of Sussex: DRC on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty 152, 2003 Social Sciences 465
Independent North-South child migration in Ghana: The decision making process
SO Kwankye, JK Anarfi, CA Tagoe, A Castaldo
2009 Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty …, 2009 Social Sciences 139
Coping strategies of independent child migrants from northern Ghana to southern cities
S Kwankye, A Castaldo
2007 Migration DRC Working…, 2007 Social Sciences 137
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health in low-and middle-income countries
S Meherali, B Adewale, S Ali, M Kennedy, B Salami, S Richter, ...
2021 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (24), 13221, 2021 Health Sciences 76
Independent north–south child migration as a parental investment in northern Ghana
SO Kwankye
2012 Population, Space and Place 18 (5), 535-550, 2012 Social Sciences 64
A scoping review of the health of African immigrant and refugee children
B Salami, H Fernandez-Sanchez, C Fouche, C Evans, L Sibeko, M Tulli, ...
2021 International journal of environmental research and public health 18 (7), 3514, 2021 Health Sciences 58
Growing old in Ghana: Health and economic implications
SO Kwankye
2013 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 2 (2), 88-97, 2013 Health Sciences 53
Ghana’s population policy implementation: Past, present and future
SO Kwankye
2015 African Population Studies 29 (2), 2015 Social Sciences 49
A review of the literature on sexual and reproductive health of African migrant and refugee children
SO Kwankye, S Richter, P Okeke-Ihejirika, H Gomma, P Obegu, B Salami
2021 Reproductive Health 18 (1), 81, 2021 Health Sciences 45
The costs and benefits of children’s independent migration from northern to southern Ghana’
J Anarfi, S Kwankye
2005 International Conference on Childhoods: Children and Youth in Emerging and …, 2005 Social Sciences 45
Media exposure and reproductive health behaviour among young females in Ghana
SO Kwankye, E Augustt
2009 Union for African Population Studies, 2009 Health Sciences 37
Reproductive health implications of street hawking in Accra
SO Kwankye, PE Nyarko, CA Tagoe
2007 Fifth African Population Studies, Arusha Tanzania, 10-14, 2007 Health Sciences 32
Migration, return and impact in Ghana: A comparative study of skilled and unskilled transnational migrants
J Anarfi, S Kwankye, C Ahiadeke
2005 At home in the world, 204-226, 2005 Social Sciences 31
Migration and Population Dynamics: Changing Community Formations in Ghana.
J Yaro, ANA Codjoe, S Agyei-Mensah, A Darkwah, SO Kwankye
2011 Social Sciences 27
Independent migration of children in Ghana
JK Anarfi, SO Kwankye
2009 Social Sciences 24
Migration impacts within the West African sub-region
S Kwankye, J Anarfi
2011 Unpublished paper prepared for the Research Programme Consortium (RPC) on …, 2011 Social Sciences 18
Predictors of underachieved and overachieved fertility among women with completed fertility in Ghana
I Yeboah, SO Kwankye, F Frempong-Ainguah
2021 PLoS One 16 (6), e0250881, 2021 Social Sciences 17
Data Reliability: Comparison between Census and Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) Outputs for Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts, Ghana
G Wak, M Bangha, D Azongo, A Oduro, S Kwankye
2017 Population Review 56 (1), 2017 Health Sciences 14
Population, health and development in Ghana: attaining the millenium development goals
CJ Mba, SO Kwankye
2007 Social Sciences 12
Consistency of the determinants of achieving fertility desires in Ghana: insights from 2003, 2008 and 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data sets
I Yeboah, SO Kwankye, F Frempong-Ainguah
2021 Genus 77 (1), 27, 2021 Health Sciences 11
Transition into Adulthood: Experiences of Return Independent Child Migrants in Northern Ghana: Experiences of Return Independent Child Migrants in Northern Ghana
SO Kwankye
2012 Journal of Multicultural Society: OMNES 3 (1), 1-24, 2012 Social Sciences 11
Child poverty and disparities in Ghana
CJ Mba, SO Kwankye, DM Badasu, C Ahiadeke, J Anarfi
2009 Accra: UNICEF Ghana, 2009 Social Sciences 11
Female adolescents and reproductive change in Ghana: evidence from an adolescent survey of two communities
SO Kwankye
2006 African Population Studies 21 (1), 2006 Social Sciences 9
A Study of the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Selected Business Organizations in Ghana
JS Nabila, P Antwi, K Yeboah, SO Kwankye
2001 Policy Project Accra, Ghana, 2001 Social Sciences 9
Exposure to malaria prevention messages and insecticide treated bednet usage among children under five years in Ghana
SB Apo, SO Kwankye, DM Badasu
2015 European Scientific Journal 11 (18), 2015 Health Sciences 8