Covert contraceptive use: Prevalence, motivations, and consequences

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 360-372

  Biddlecom, Ann E ^a   Fapohunda, Bolaji M ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032434007     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/172249     Document Type: Article

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