Men's involvement during pregnancy and childbirth: Evidence from rural ahmadnagar, India

Population Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-102

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Ram, Faujdar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Gender role attitude; Involvement; Men; Pregnancy; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349117062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15490955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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