Young Women's Perceptions of the Benefits Of Childbearing: Associations with Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-31

  Rocca, Corinne H ^a   Harper, Cynthia C ^a   Raine Bennett, Tina R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875050660     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4502313     Document Type: Article

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