Trends in ages at key reproductive transitions in the united states, 1951-2010

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Finer, Lawrence B ^a   Philbin, Jesse M ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE AT FIRST BIRTH; AGE AT FIRST CONTRACEPTIVE USE; AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE; AGE AT FIRST SEX; AGE AT FIRST UNION; AGE AT MENARCHE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMARITAL SEX; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRANSITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899903319     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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