Examining external and internal poverty as antecedents of teen pregnancy

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-373

  Young, Tamera ^a,b   Turner, Jean ^a   Denny, George ^b   Young, Michael ^b  

^a Sch of Human Environmental Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; POVERTY; PREDICTION;

EID: 4444328672     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.4.8     Document Type: Article

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