Motivations for pregnancy planning among Mexican immigrant women in North Carolina

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-320

  Wilson, Ellen K ^a,c   McQuiston, Chris ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family planning; Fertility preferences; Mexican; Migration; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33745150364     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0055-x     Document Type: Article

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