Community factors influencing birth spacing among married women in Uganda and Zimbabwe

African Journal of Reproductive Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-24

  McGuire, Courtney ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth spacing; Community; Gender; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL NORMS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84938679767     PISSN: 11184841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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