Variation in State Unintended Pregnancy Rates In the United States

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Kost, Kathryn ^a   Finer, Lawrence B ^a   Singh, Susheela ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862784219     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4405712     Document Type: Article

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