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Publication ID
FA18
Publication Date
July 1997
Language
English
Country(s)
Zimbabwe
Document Type
Further Analysis
Publication Topic(s)
Family Planning
Author(s)
William Sambisa and Siân Curtis and Macro International Inc., Calverton, Maryland, USA

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Abstract: This alalysis examines the postpartum initiation of contraceptive use in Zimbabwe and its relationship with breastfeeding, postpartum amenorrhoea, and postpartum abstinence. The analysis utilizes longitudinal data collected in the monthly calendar of events of the 1994 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS).

 

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