Impact of child mortality and fertility preferences on fertility status in rural Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 300-306

  Fitaw, Y ^a   Berhane, Y ^b   Worku, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Community Health ^*

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH RATE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744441348     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i6.9179     Document Type: Article

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