Determinants and causes of son preference among women delivery in Mansoura, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-128

  El Gilany, A H ^a   Shady, E ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 34347364822     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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