A generation of childless women: Lessons from the United States

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Craig, Benjamin M ^a,b   Donovan, Kristine A ^a,b   Fraenkel, Liana ^c   Watson, Verity ^d   Hawley, Sarah ^e   Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREER; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892455211     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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