Patterns of local migration and their consequences in a rural Ethiopian population

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-62

  Byass, Peter ^a   Emmelin, Anders ^a   Wall, Stig ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; demography; Ethiopia; fertility; health transition; migration; mortality; rural; urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0038724321     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210133726     Document Type: Article

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