Poverty in Pakistan: Increasing Incidence, Chronic Gender Preponderance, and the Plausibility of Grameen-type Intermediation [PDF]
Pakistan is a large country with a population estimated at 130.580 million.1 The economy has a low-income of US$ 490 per capita, with an estimated Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of US$ 2230.2 It has managed to achieve substantial economic growth in the ...
Nabeel A. Goheer
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Social Change: The Sexual Revolution [PDF]
In 1900 only six percent of unwed females engaged in premarital sex. Now, three quarters do. The sexual revolution is studied here using an equilibrium matching model, where the costs of premarital sex fall over time due to technological improvement in ...
Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner
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Unsafe Sex, AIDS, and Development [PDF]
Much of Africa has been ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. There, heterosexual contact is the primary mode of transmission for the HIV virus. Even when access to condoms is good and their price low, a large fraction of young Africans continue to engage in ...
Bhattacharya, Joydeep +2 more
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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1993 C. Bagatell +4 more
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Evidence on the Reasons and Factors Influencing Contraceptive Nonutilization Among Women of Childbearing Age in Suburban Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
Nurs Health SciBaloyi TV +6 more
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The economic value of virtue [PDF]
Virtue is modelled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates, preserving her virtue increases a woman’s chances of marrying a high-status husband, and therefore allows for upward social mobility.
Fabio MARIANI
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Contraceptives in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): a narrative review. [PDF]
Ann HematolAl-Shibly R +4 more
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A qualitative analysis of women's reproductive agency and postpartum family planning in Maharashtra, India. [PDF]
PLoS OneBhan N +7 more
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Do marital prospects dissuade unmarried fertility?
, 2012 Unmarried fertility was a lot lower in the 1970s than in the 1990s. It was also the case that unmarried mothers had much lower marriage rates than non-mothers, a differential that has largely vanished over time.
Kennes, John, Knowles, John
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Determination of contraceptive knowledge, attitude, and behavior among nursing students in Northern Cyprus: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
BMC NursNiciza J +3 more
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