Fertility intentions and subsequent fertility behaviour in MATLAB: Do fertility intentions matter?

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 615-619

  Islam, M Mazharul ^a   Bairagi, Radheshyam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0142120148     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006072     Document Type: Article

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