Misclassification bias and the estimated effect of parental involvement laws on adolescents' reproductive outcomes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1881-1885

  Colman, Silvie ^b   Joyce, Ted ^a,b   Kaestner, Robert ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LEGAL ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH RATE; CHILD, UNWANTED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MINORS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEXAS;

EID: 52449127737     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.116509     Document Type: Article

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