A blessing I can't afford: Factors underlying the paradox of happiness about unintended pregnancy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-155

  Aiken, Abigail R A ^a   Dillaway, Chloe ^b   Mevs Korff, Natasha ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Latina; Non Hispanic white; Pregnancy feelings; Pregnancy intentions; Qualitative research; Unintended pregnancy; United states

Indexed keywords

LATINO PEOPLE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BIRTH CONTROL; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEXAS;

AUSTIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC OR LATINO; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; WHITES;

EID: 84925276380     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.038     Document Type: Article

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