Family planning practice and related factors of married women in Ethiopia

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Ko, I S ^a   You, M A ^a   Kim, E S ^a   Lee, T W ^a   Kim, S ^a   Kim, Y M ^b   Nam, J J ^a   Lee, H K ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Ecological model; Ethiopia; Family planning; Health needs assessment; Millennium development goals; Survey; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 77955761576     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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