On the politics and practice of Muslim fertility

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-30

  Johnson Hanks, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Child mortality; Fertility; Islam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, UNWANTED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644751946     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.1.12     Document Type: Article

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