Spousal agreement on preferred waiting time to next birth in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-400

  Gebreselassie, Tesfayi ^a   Mishra, Vinod ^a  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959304432     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932011000083     Document Type: Article

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