Which African men promote smaller families and why? Marital relations and fertility in a Pare community in Northern Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1733-1749

  Hollos, Marida ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugal bond; Contraception; Fertility decline; Social organisation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ROLE; RELIGION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CASE STUDY; CHRISTIAN; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE FERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; MOSLEM; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 1442335486     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00365-4     Document Type: Article

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