Women's autonomy and maternal health-seeking behavior in Ethiopia

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 988-998

  Woldemicael, Gebremariam ^a   Tenkorang, Eric Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Health seeking behaviors; Hierarchical logit models; Household factors; Women's autonomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651375971     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0535-5     Document Type: Article

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