The Correspondence between Intention to Avoid Childbearing and Subsequent Fertility: A Prospective Analysis

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 220-227

  Williams, Lindy ^a   Abma, Joyce ^b   Piccinino, Linda J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b National Centre for Health Statistics   (United States)

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