Entry into motherhood among adolescent girls in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 721-742

  Beguy, Donatien ^a   Ndugwa, Robert ^b   Kabiru, Caroline W ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KENYA; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KENYA; MOTHERS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885060015     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932013000199     Document Type: Article

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