Department of Surgery, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Hasbi Research Consultancy, Tamale, Ghana.
PLoS One. 2023 Apr 27;18(4):e0275764. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275764. eCollection 2023.
Polygamy has declined in the last decade, but it is still prevalent in West African nations including Ghana even with the arrival of Christianity and colonists, which came to be recognized as a form of slavery that needed to be abolished.
To analyze the determinants of polygyny among married Christian women in Ghana.
Ghana Maternal Health Survey data was used for this study to do an analytic cross-section study. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20. The association between dependent and independent variables was explored using chi-square and logistic regression. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.
The prevalence of Ghanaian Christian women's involvement in polygyny marriage union was 12.2%, the prevalence was higher (15.0%) among women of Anglican denomination, catholic denomination (13.9%), and the lowest (8.4%) prevalence recorded among those of Methodist denominations. The predictor factors identified include the age of the woman, history of education, type of place of residence, region, ethnicity, early sex initiation, and history of multiple unions.
The prevalence of polygyny in this present study is high given the strict position the Christian religion has against polygyny. This study recommends that the pros and cons of polygyny are objectively looked at from a scientific point rather than a religious point of view.
在过去的十年中，一夫多妻制有所减少，但在加纳等西非国家仍然很普遍，尽管基督教和殖民者的到来被认为是一种需要废除的奴隶制形式。
分析加纳已婚基督教妇女一夫多妻制的决定因素。
本研究使用加纳母婴健康调查数据进行分析性横断面研究。使用 SPSS 版本 20 进行数据分析。使用卡方检验和逻辑回归探索因变量和自变量之间的关系。统计显著性设为 p < 0.05。
加纳基督教妇女参与一夫多妻制婚姻的比例为 12.2%，圣公会（15.0%）、天主教（13.9%）的妇女比例较高，卫斯理公会（8.4%）的妇女比例较低。确定的预测因素包括妇女的年龄、教育史、居住地类型、地区、种族、初次性行为年龄和多配偶史。
鉴于基督教对一夫多妻制的严格立场，本研究中的一夫多妻制流行率很高。这项研究建议从科学的角度而不是宗教的角度客观地看待一夫多妻制的利弊。
