The context of unintended pregnancy among married women in the USA

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-158

  Koren, Ainat ^a   Mawn, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Family planning education; Health promotion; Married women; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954841042     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118910791749380     Document Type: Article

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