Income inequality and pregnancy spacing

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1117-1126

  Gold, R ^a   Connell, Frederick A ^b   Heagerty, Patrick ^b   Bezruchka, Stephen ^b   Davis, Robert ^b,c   Cawthon, Mary Lawrence ^d  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Research and Data Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Pregnancy spacing; Survival analysis; USA

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 2942575977     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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