This study used the 1993 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) data to describe the relationship between education, occupation, place of residence, and child fostering as well as the relationship between fostering and fertility. The standard individual recode file of the GDHS was used. The sample comprised married women, between ages 15 and 49, and who have children (N = 2520). Analysis has revealed that women's educational level and type of occupation are significantly associated with the practice of fostering. No association is found between rural or urban place of residence and fostering. There is a negative association between child fostering and women's fertility in the context of communication between spouses and modern contraceptive use