Women's educational attainment and intergenerational patterns of fertility behaviour in Kenya

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-479

  Omariba, D Walter Rasugu ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746709484     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026489     Document Type: Article

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