Associations between early marriage and young women's marital and reproductive health outcomes: Evidence from India

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Santhya, K G ^a   Ram, Usha ^b   Acharya, Rajib ^a   Jejeebhoy, Shireen J ^a   Ram, Faujdar ^b   Singh, Abhishek ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

EID: 78049416418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3613210     Document Type: Article

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