Marital disruption: Determinants and consequences on the lives of women in a rural area of Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-94

  Bhuiya, Abbas ^a   Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R ^b   Momen, Mehnaaz ^c   Khatun, Mohsina ^d  

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

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^c TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Divorce; Impact studies; Marriage; Pregnancy outcomes; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 18744361886     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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