The effects of family planning workers' contact on fertility preferences: Evidence from Bangladesh

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Arends Kuenning, Mary ^a   Hossain, Mian Bazle ^b   Barkat E Khuda, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033197851     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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