Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Davies, Susan L ^a   DiClemente, Ralph J ^c   Wingood, Gina M ^d   Harrington, Kathleen F ^b   Crosby, Richard A ^d   Sionean, Catlainn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; African Americans; Pregnancy desire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0037209288     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.1.6     Document Type: Article

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