Missed Conceptions or Misconceptions: Perceived Infertility Among Unmarried Young Adults In the United States

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-38

  Polis, Chelsea Bernhardt ^a   Zabin, Laurie Schwab ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858154295     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4403012     Document Type: Article

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