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Islam and contraception in urban North India - Muslim women's reproductive health behavior and decision-making

This paper is based on ethnographic research conducted in a predominantly Muslim community in South Delhi. It analyzes the reproductive health behavior and decision-making of low-income Muslim women by focusing in particular on the context, in which the lives of these women are embedded. Fieldwork m...

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Main Author: Weigl-Jäger, Constanze (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Südasienforschung
Year: 2016, Volume: 1, Pages: 88-111
ISSN:2510-2621
DOI:10.11588/izsa.2016.1.845
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/izsa.2016.1.845
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-izsa-8451
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