Learning in social networks and contraceptive choice

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-383

  Kohler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICE; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; POPULATION FERTILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KOREA; MASS COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DECISION THEORY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031200744     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3038290     Document Type: Article

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