Male involvement in family planning: A case study spanning five generations of a South Indian family

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-34

  Karra, Mihira V ^a,b   Stark, Nancy N ^a   Wolf, Joyce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Institute for International Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY DECISION; FERTILITY DECLINE; GENDER ROLE; MALE ATTITUDES; MALE INVOLVEMENT; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING--MEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING--MEN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MALE ROLE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING--MEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING--MEN; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; INDIA; MALE ROLE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

INDIA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031089229     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137968     Document Type: Article

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