Social network- and community-level influences on contraceptive use: Evidence from rural poland

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1807, 2015, Pages

  Colleran, Heidi ^a,b   Mace, Ruth ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community effects; Contraception; Cultural evolution; Fertility decline; Social networks; Social transmission

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CULTURAL CHANGE; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS STATUS;

POLAND;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; POLAND; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926331571     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0398     Document Type: Article

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