Multipartnered fertility among young women with a nonmarital first birth: Prevalence and risk factors

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Guzzo, Karen Benjamin ^a   Furstenberg Jr , Frank F ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847696201     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3902907     Document Type: Article

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