Early marriage, marital relations and intimate partner violence in Ethiopia

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Erulkar, Annabel ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SPOUSE ABUSE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84876097589     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3900613     Document Type: Article

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