Unmet Need and Fertility Decline: A Comparative Perspective on Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-245

  Casterline, John B ^a   El Zeini, Laila O ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ASIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902343736     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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