The influence of wives' and husbands' education levels on contraceptive method choice in Nepal, 1996-2006

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-185

  Gubhaju, Bina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

NEPAL;

EID: 77149165758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3517609     Document Type: Article

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