Still childless at the age of 28 to 40 years: A cross-sectional study of Swedish women's and men's reproductive intentions

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-29

  Schytt, E ^a,b   Nilsen, A B V ^a,c   Bernhardt, E ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna   (Sweden)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intentions; Men; Postponed childbearing; Reproduction; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATURITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; WORK;

INTENTIONS; MEN; POSTPONED CHILDBEARING; REPRODUCTION; WOMEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84892994096     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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