Why is teenage pregnancy conceptualized as a social problem? A review of quantitative research from the USA and UK

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-272

  Bonell, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MINORITY GROUP; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442618869     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050310001643025     Document Type: Review

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