Men's involvement in family planning in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 815-840

  Clark, Jill ^a,b   Yount, Kathryn M ^c   Rochat, Roger ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, MALE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 53149107513     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200800285X     Document Type: Article

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