Role of family type in the idealization of a larger number of children by husbands in Pakistan

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-220

  Avan, Bilal Iqbal ^a   Akhund, Saima ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYNAMICS; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY TYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POPULATION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 33646464702     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005007273     Document Type: Article

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