Determinants of teenage pregnancies: The case of Busia District in Kenya

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 322-339

  Were, Maureen ^a  

^a Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Teenage pregnancies

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL VALUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PARENT; PEER PRESSURE; POVERTY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBABILITY; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KENYA; MARITAL STATUS; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249865078     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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