Quality of life of childbearing age women and its associated factors: An application of seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1255-1263

  Keshavarzi, Sareh ^a   Ayatollahi, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi ^a   Zare, Najaf ^a   Sharif, Farkhondeh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Multivariate regression; Ordinary least square; Quality of life; Rural district; Seemingly unrelated regression; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885176064     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0250-3     Document Type: Article

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