Women's autonomy in household decision-making: A demographic study in Nepal

Reproductive Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Acharya, Dev R ^a   Bell, Jacqueline S ^b   Simkhada, Padam ^c   Van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^d   Regmi, Pramod R ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; NEPAL; PATIENT AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77954548328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-7-15     Document Type: Article

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