Delaying first birth: an analysis of household survey data from rural Southern Tanzania

• Main Authors: Yovitha Sedekia (Author), Rose Nathan (Author), Kathryn Church (Author), Silas Temu (Author), Claudia Hanson (Author), Joanna Schellenberg (Author), Tanya Marchant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Currently, family planning metrics derived from nationally-representative household surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) categorise women into those desiring to space or limit (permanently stop) births, or according to their age in the case of young women. Thi...