How family planning ideas are spread within social groups in rural Malawi

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-290

  Paz Soldan, Valerie A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12144267282     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0039-3665.2004.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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