Age At Menarche, At First Intercourse, And At First Pregnancy

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1979, Pages 433-441

  Udry, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COITUS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AGE REPORTING; AGE SPECIFIC FERTILITY RATE; AMERICAS; BLACKS; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION; CORRELATION STUDIES; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WHITES; WOMEN; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0018639430     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000012517     Document Type: Article

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