Ethnic inequality in Guatemalan women's use of modern reproductive health care

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Ishida, Kanako ^a   Stupp, Paul ^b   Turcios Ruiz, Reina ^b   William, Daniel B ^b   Espinoza, Evelyn ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84864769662     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3809912     Document Type: Article

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