Spacing of children, sexual abstinence and breast-feeding in rural Ghana.
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InformatIon collected from male and female respondents m a rural Ghanalan town suggests that, although people strongly favour the spacmg of children. actual spdcmg IS not the mtentlonal result of birthcontrol or sexual abstmence but rather a comcldental result of a long period of postpartum amenorrhea caused by prolonged lactation
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Social science & medicine
دوره 10 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976