Adolescent birth intentions, social disadvantage, and behavioral outcomes

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-535

  Trent, Katherine ^a   Crowder, Kyle ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth intentions; Group differentials; Nonmarital childbearing; Teenage childbearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176282     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353943     Document Type: Article

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