Racial and ethnic variation in unmarried young adults' motivation to avoid pregnancy

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-51

  Hayford, Sarah R ^a   Guzzo, Karen Benjamin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875052090     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4504113     Document Type: Article

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