Desired family size and son preference among Hispanic women of low socioeconomic status

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 284-287

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a,b   Molina, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY SIZE, DESIRED; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HISPANICS; HOSPITALS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX PREFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SONS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; VALUE ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031456857     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2953419     Document Type: Article

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