Domestic violence and contraceptive use in a rural Indian village

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1181-1198

  Wilson Williams, Lyndsey ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^a   Juvekar, Sanjay ^b   Andes, Karen ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b King Edward Memorial Hospital

Author keywords

Contraceptive use; Domestic violence; Family planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 51749104206     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208323793     Document Type: Article

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