Is low income a constraint to contraceptive use among the Pakistani poor?

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-175

  Agha, Sohail ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ASIA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034065064     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000001619     Document Type: Review

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