Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancies in Malawi

Etude de la Population Africaine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 551-563

  Palamuleni, Martin E ^a   Adebowale, Ayo S ^a,b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Demographic and health survey; Determinants; Malawi; Prevalence; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911471900     PISSN: 08505780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11564/28-1-507     Document Type: Article

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