Prenatal development in rural South Africa: Relationship between birth weight and access to fathers and grandparents

Population Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-246

  Cunningham, Solveig Argeseanu ^a   Elo, Irma T ^b   Herbst, Kobus ^c   Hosegood, Victoria ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Child health; Family; Father; Grandmother; Partnership; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BIRTH RATE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; MATERNAL CARE; PATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77958513602     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2010.510201     Document Type: Article

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