A review of contraceptive practices among married and unmarried women in China from 1982 to 2010

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-158

  Li, Jinke ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Chen, Qiuju ^b,c   Xu, Jialin ^d   Hu, Lina ^e   Zhang, Wei Hong ^b,f  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^d Chengde Nursing Vocational College   (China)

^e THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

China; Contraception; Married women; Unmarried women

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MARRIAGE; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SINGLE PERSON; SPOUSES;

EID: 84877798292     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2013.776673     Document Type: Review

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