Conformity and change: Community effects on female genital cutting in Kenya

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-140

  Hayford, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 23244451268     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650504600201     Document Type: Article

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