The role of son preference in reproductive behaviour in Pakistan

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 379-388

  Hussain, R ^a   Fikree, F F ^b   Berendes, H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Contraception; Pakistan; Pregnancy, unwanted; Sex; Sex behaviour; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

POPULATION FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SON PREFERENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX PREFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SONS; SOUTHERN ASIA; URBAN POPULATION--WOMEN; VALUE ORIENTATION; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034031655     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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