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Factors affecting choice of sterilisation among low income women in Paraíba, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

José Rodrigues  and
Kazuhiko Moji
José Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Department of Administration, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
Kazuhiko Moji
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Summary

Despite the absence of a family planning programme, the prevalence of sterilisation in Brazil has increased substantially, such that it is used by relatively young women in poor areas of the country. Sterilisation is influenced more by the characteristics of the health service than by socioeconomic characteristics of the population.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 339 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © 1995, Cambridge University Press

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