Male involvement in family planning: Women's perception

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Nte, A R ^c   Odu, N ^a   Enyindah, C E ^b  

^a Rivers State Ministry of Justice   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Family planning; Male involvement; Women's perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; WOMEN;

EID: 70350717203     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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