Sterilization regret among married women in India: Implications for the indian national family planning program

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Ogollah, Reuben ^a   Ram, Faujdar ^b   Pallikadavath, Saseendran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY PLANNING; STERILIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; POPULATION CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

EID: 84872292239     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3818712     Document Type: Article

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