Kin influence on the decision to start using modern contraception: A longitudinal study from rural Gambia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-477

  Mace, Ruth ^a   Colleran, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL LEARNING; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMBIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 70349378815     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20940     Document Type: Article

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