Do household structure and household economic resources predict childhood immunization? Evidence from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-57

  Bronte Tinkew, Jacinta ^a   Dejong, Gordon F ^b  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Child well being; Household resources; Immunization

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; IMMUNIZATION; RESOURCE USE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WORLD;

EID: 20444486591     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-005-0368-x     Document Type: Review

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