Preference for children and subsequent fertility in Matlab: Does wife-husband agreement matter?

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Razzaque, Abdur ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY SIZE, DESIRED; FERTILITY; HUSBAND-WIFE COMPARISONS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED;

EID: 0032953709     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932099000176     Document Type: Article

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