Effects of family sex composition on fertility preference and behaviour in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 455-464

  Chowdhury, A I ^a   Bairagi, Radheshyam ^a   Koenig, Michael A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH CONTROL; BOY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY PREFERENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEX PREFERENCE; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; VALUE ORIENTATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027435173     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000021830     Document Type: Article

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