Exploring young women's reproductive decision-making, agency and social norms in South African informal settlements.
This paper explores reproductive decision-making among young women in South Africa's informal settlements and considers whether and how agency and social norm theory inform their decisions. Understanding whether, when and how young women make decisions about conception and motherhood is critica...
Main Authors: | Samantha Willan, Andrew Gibbs, Inge Petersen, Rachel Jewkes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231181 |
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