Personality is differentially associated with planned and non-planned pregnancies

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 296-305

  Berg, Venla ^a   Rotkirch, Anna ^b   Väisänen, Heini ^c   Jokela, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Population Research Institute   (Finland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family planning; Fertility; Personality; Unintended pregnancies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875596839     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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