Marriage and contraception among the Pare of northern Tanzania

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-278

  Hollos, Marida ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; WOMEN;

EID: 2442656581     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006278     Document Type: Article

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