Correlates of unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia: Results from a national survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Habte, Dereje ^a   Teklu, Sisay ^b   Melese, Tadele ^a   Magafu, Mgaywa G M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; BIRTH RATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891913556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082987     Document Type: Article

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