Does living in a female-Headed household lower child mortality? The case of rural nigeria

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Doctor, H V ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Female headed households; Maternal and child health; Mortality; Rural nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960938957     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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