Contraceptive Method Choice Among Youth in the United States: The Importance of Relationship Context

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1451-1472

  Kusunoki, Yasamin ^a   Upchurch, Dawn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents and young adults; Age and racial ethnic heterogamy; Commitment; Contraceptive behavior; Romantic and sexual relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958729458     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0061-0     Document Type: Article

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