On the validity of retrospective assessments of pregnancy intention

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 199-213

  Joyce, Ted ^b   Kaestner, Robert ^a   Korenman, Sanders ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036481771     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088371     Document Type: Article

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