Repeat unintended, unwanted and seriously mistimed childbearing in the United States

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-22

  Wildsmith, Elizabeth ^a   Guzzo, Karen Benjamin ^b   Hayford, Sarah R ^c  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950955471     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4201410     Document Type: Article

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