Measuring the extent of abortion underreporting in the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Fu, Haishan ^a   Darroch, Jacqueline E ^a   Henshaw, Stanley K ^a   Kolb, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED ABORTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTRATION; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED--STATISTICS; AMERICAS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA QUALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ERROR SOURCES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNDERCOUNT; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745164354     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991627     Document Type: Article

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