Constructs of power and equity and their association with contraceptive use among men and women in rural Ethiopia and Kenya

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 618-634

  Stephenson, Rob ^a   Bartel, Doris ^b   Rubardt, Marcie ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARE International   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Contraceptive use; Equity; Power; Scales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPOWERMENT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER EQUITABLE MALE SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE POWER SCALE; SEXUALITY; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84864770442     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.672581     Document Type: Article

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