Intergenerational transmission of reproductive behaviour in Botswana

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Langeni, Tabitha T ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOTSWANA; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79451471696     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000556     Document Type: Article

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