Couple Attitudes and Agreement Regarding Pregnancy Wantedness in the Philippines

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1019-1029

  Williams, Lindy ^a   Sobieszczyk, Teresa ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple decision making; Fatalism; Fertility; Philippines; Pregnancy wantedness; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345358586     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.01019.x     Document Type: Review

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