Unwanted fertility among the poor: An inequity?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Gillespie, Duff ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Tsuia, Amy ^a   Radloff, Scott ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846798156     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.033829     Document Type: Article

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