Are latina women ambivalent about pregnancies they are trying to prevent? Evidence from the border contraceptive access study

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 196-203

  Aiken, Abigail R A ^a   Potter, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANT WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890123996     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4519613     Document Type: Article

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