Can changes in sexual behaviors among high school students explain the decline in teen pregnancy rates in the 1990s?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 80-90

  Santelli, John S ^a,b   Abma, Joyce ^a,b   Ventura, Stephanie ^a,b   Lindberg, Laura ^c   Morrow, Brian ^a,b   Anderson, John E ^a,b   Lyss, Sheryl ^a,b   Hamilton, Brady E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Abstinence; Contraception; Sexual behaviors; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEGRO; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STUDENT; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 3142676478     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(04)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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