Women's autonomy and its correlates in western Nepal: A demographic study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bhandari, Tulsi Ram ^a,b   Raman Kutty, V ^b   Sundari Ravindran, T K ^b  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDIATOR; MODEL; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ADULT; AGE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEPAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958213583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147473     Document Type: Article

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