"Having another child would be a life or death situation for her": Understanding pregnancy termination among couples in rural Bangladesh

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1827-1832

  Gipson, Jessica D ^a,b   Hindin, Michelle J ^a  

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

^b Department of Population Family and Reproductive Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 52449129927     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.129262     Document Type: Article

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