Predictors and consequences of adolescents' norms against teenage pregnancy

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-328

  Mollborn, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77956813136     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2010.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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