Analysis of Contraceptive Discontinuation in Six Developing Countries from Durations of Use at Survey

Social Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 124-135

  Izmirlian, Grant ^a   Adewuyi, Alfred A ^b   Suchindran, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION TERMINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION TERMINATION; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; FAMILY PLANNING; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031086103     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1997.9988939     Document Type: Article

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