Risk factors for unplanned pregnancy among young women in Tanzania

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Calvert, Clara ^a   Baisley, Kathy ^a,b,c   Doyle, Aoife M ^a,b,c   Maganja, Kaballa ^b,c   Changalucha, John ^a,b,c   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,b,c   Hayes, Richard J ^a   Ross, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; AGE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884648759     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100389     Document Type: Article

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