Understanding Unmet Need: History, Theory, and Measurement

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-150

  Bradley, Sarah E K ^a   Casterline, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION POLICY; PREGNANCY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ALGORITHMS; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84902348033     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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