Women's networks and the social world of fertility behavior

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 58-68

  Madhavan, Sangeetha ^a   Adams, Alayne ^b   Simon, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Health and Addictions Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

MALI;

EID: 0042848605     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3181059     Document Type: Article

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