The association between family structure, reports of illness and health care demand for children: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-660

  Rabbani, Atonu ^a,b   Alexander, G Caleb ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349249456     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009990058     Document Type: Article

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