Polygyny and reproductive behavior in sub-Saharan Africa: A contextual analysis

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-368

  Ezeh, Alex Chika ^a  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; POLYGYNY; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

KENYA;

EID: 0031200729     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3038289     Document Type: Article

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