Advanced methods for evaluating the impact of family planning communication programs: Evidence from Tanzania and Nepal

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-186

  Hutchinson, Paul ^a   Wheeler, Jennifer ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33748559754     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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