Unintended pregnancy in the United States

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Henshaw, Stanley K ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PARENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY RATE--CHANGES; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344541755     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991522     Document Type: Article

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