Daughter preference and contraceptive-use in matrilineal tribal societies in Meghalaya, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-289

  Narzary, Pralip Kumar ^a   Sharma, Shilpi Mishra ^b  

^a FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Daughter preference; India; Matriliny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879530773     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v31i2.16393     Document Type: Article

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