Are all contraceptive failures unintended pregnancies? Evidence from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Trussell, James ^a   Vaughan, Barbara ^c   Stanford, Joseph ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION FAILURE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED--DETERMINANTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348141575     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991573     Document Type: Article

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