Family change and continuity in Iran: Birth control use before first pregnancy

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1309-1324

  Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal ^a,b   Philip Morgan, S ^c   Hossein Chavoshi, Meimanat ^b,d   McDonald, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth control; Family change; Iran; Islamic; Population policy; Pregnancy interval

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149114607     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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