Perceptions of population policy, development, and family planning programs in northern Nigeria

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-136

  Renne, Elisha P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; PERCEPTION; POPULATION POLICY; PUBLIC ATTITUDES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; POLICY; POLITICAL FACTORS; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RELIGION; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; GOVERNMENT; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; POLICY; POLITICAL FACTORS; POPULATION POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL POLICY; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POLITICS; POPULATION CONTROL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0030136519     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137918     Document Type: Article

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