Effect of son mortality on contraceptive practice in Bangladesh.
This study based on the 1975-76 Bangladesh Fertility Survey showed that the mortality of sons, and not daughters, was associated with a lower rate of female contraceptive initiation of use and a higher rate of discontinuation.
Johnson
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Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Sufian
A J
AJ
D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors