The effects of ambivalent fertility desires on pregnancy risk in young women in the USA

Population Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-38

  Miller, Warren B ^a   Barber, Jennifer S ^b   Gatny, Heather H ^b  

^a Transnational Family Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent pregnancy; ambivalent motivation; antinatal motivation; indifferent motivation; negative pregnancy desires; positive pregnancy desires; pregnancy risk; pronatal motivation; unplanned pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; FERTILITY; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873988116     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2012.738823     Document Type: Article

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