Unplanned pregnancies in Harare: What are the social and sexual determinants?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 937-942

  Mbizvo, M T ^a   Bonduelle, M M J ^a   Chadzuka, S ^a   Lindmark, G ^b   Nystrom, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Sub Saharan Africa; Unplanned pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE, HARARE;

EID: 0030757135     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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