Measuring gender and reproductive health in Africa using demographic and health surveys: The need for mixed-methods research

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 811-826

  Schatz, Enid ^a,b,c   Williams, Jill ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; DHS; gender; mixed methods; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84865058038     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.698309     Document Type: Article

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