Are traditional honour ideologies associated with fertility goals and contraceptive use? Findings from a cross-sectional study with a national sample of women and men in Uganda
), Kalysha Closson(2), Jarrod E. Bock(3), Ryan P. Brown(4), Pamela Kakande Nabukhonzo(5), Wilson Nyegenye(6), Anita Raj(7),
(1) Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego. Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego
(2) Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego. Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
(3) University of Wyoming
(4) The Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University
(5) Uganda Bureau of Statistics
(6) Uganda Bureau of Statistics
(7) Newcomb Institute of Tulane University
Corresponding Author
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