Parental perceptions of costs and benefits of children as correlates of fertility in Kuwait

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 663-682

  Shah, Nasra M ^a   Nathanson, Constance A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILDBIRTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 7044238956     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006297     Document Type: Review

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