Men's approval of family planning in Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-259

  Islam, Mohammad Amirul ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^a   Smith, Peter W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING ATTITUDE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION; THINKING; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 33646439579     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004007072     Document Type: Article

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