Noncontracepting Behavior in Women at Risk for Unintended Pregnancy: What's Religion Got to Do With It?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Kramer, Michael R ^a   Rowland Hogue, Carol J ^a   Gaydos, Laura M D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception Behavior; Demographic and Health Surveys; Pregnancy; Religion and Sex; Reproductive Health Services; Unplanned

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHOLICISM; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; JUDAISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247184264     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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