Racial and ethnic differences in the transition to a teenage birth in the United States

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-100

  Manlove, Jennifer ^a   Steward Streng, Nicole ^b   Peterson, Kristen ^b   Scott, Mindy ^c   Wildsmith, Elizabeth ^d  

^a Program area director and senior research scientist   (United States)

^b Child Trends   (United States)

^c Senior Research Scientist   (United States)

^d Child Trends   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878977115     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4508913     Document Type: Article

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