Analysing the relationship between family planning workers' contact and contraceptive switching in rural Bangladesh using multilevel modelling

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-554

  Hossain, Mian B ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTRACEPTION; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY RATE; RURAL AREA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 25144493084     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004007096     Document Type: Article

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