Women's education and the timing of marriage and childbearing in the next generation: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Bates, Lisa M ^a   Maselko, Joanna ^b   Schuler, Sidney Ruth ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; CHILDBEARING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FEMALE EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

BANGLADESH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250166174     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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