Coitus, the proximate determinant of conception: Inter-country variance in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-159

  Brown, Mark Simon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BURKINA FASO; COITUS; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; NAMIBIA; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RWANDA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; COITAL FREQUENCY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DETERMINANTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; COITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034024803     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000001450     Document Type: Review

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