The determinants of the duration of contraceptive use in China: A multilevel multinomial discrete-hazards modeling approach

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-23

  Steele, Fiona ^a   Diamond, Ian ^a   Wang, Duolao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HAZARDS MODEL; MODELLING APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

CHINA;

EID: 0030075184     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061710     Document Type: Article

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