Duration and determinants of birth interval among women of child bearing age in Southern Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yohannes, Samuel ^a   Wondafrash, Mekitie ^b   Abera, Mulumebet ^b   Girma, Eshetu ^b  

^a Hossana College of Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEARING AGE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956195464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-38     Document Type: Article

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