Studies in family planning estimates and explanations of gender differentials in contraceptive prevalence rates

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-121

  Ezeh, Alex Chika ^a   Mboup, Gora ^b  

^a Millipore Sigma   (United States)

^b MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARRIER METHODS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; COUPLES; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING, BEHAVIORAL METHODS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GENDER ISSUES; GHANA; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AFRICA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WESTERN AFRICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; COUPLES; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING, BEHAVIORAL METHODS; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GENDER ISSUES; GHANA; HAITI; KENYA; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; WESTERN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SPOUSES;

EID: 0031158330     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2138113     Document Type: Article

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