Dimensions of women's autonomy and the influence on maternal health care utilization in a North Indian City

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-78

  Bloom, Shelah S ^a   Wypij, David ^b   Das Gupta, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0035261443     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088289     Document Type: Article

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