Conjugal power in rural Kenya families: Its influence on women's decisions about family size and family planning practices

Sex Roles

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 127-147

  Gwako, Edwins Laban Moogi ^a,b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COUPLES; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING--DETERMINANTS; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY SIZE--DETERMINANTS; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; COUPLES; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING--DETERMINANTS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE--DETERMINANTS; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FAMILY RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0031073896     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02766264     Document Type: Article

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