Women Bargaining to Seek Healthcare: Norms, Domestic Practices, and Implications in Rural Burkina Faso

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 608-624

  Nikièma, Béatrice ^a   Haddad, Slim ^a   Potvin, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; gender relations; healthcare financing; social norms; West Africa; women's access to resources

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 39549109801     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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