Consistency and predictive ability of fertility preference indicators: Longitudinal evidence from rural India

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 138-145

  Roy, Tarun K ^a   Sinha, R K ^b   Koenig, Michael ^c   Mohanty, Sanjay K ^b   Patel, Sangram K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 58049093134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3413808     Document Type: Article

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