Challenging the courtesy bias interpretation of favorable clients' perceptions of family planning delivery

Evaluation Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-42

  León, Federico R ^a   Lundgren, Rebecka ^a   Huapaya, Ana ^b   Sinai, Irit ^a   Jennings, Victoria ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto de Salud Reproductiva   (Peru)

Author keywords

Client exit interview; Courtesy bias; Family planning delivery; Service test

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; STANDARD; TEACHING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RWANDA;

EID: 33846184160     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06289044     Document Type: Article

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