Social transmission and the spread of modern contraception in rural Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Alvergne, Alexandra ^a   Gibson, Mhairi A ^b   Gurmu, Eshetu ^c   Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960675305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022515     Document Type: Article

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