Demographic, socio-economic, and cultural factors affecting fertility differentials in Nepal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Adhikari, Ramesh ^a,b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MOSLEM; NEPAL; PREDICTION; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951595222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-19     Document Type: Article

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