The effect of sociodemographic variables on child-spacing in rural Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 136-140

  Al Nahedh, N N A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032600699     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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