First-birth Timing, Marital History, and Women’s Health at Midlife

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 514-533

  Williams, Kristi ^a   Sassler, Sharon ^b   Addo, Fenaba ^c   Frech, Adrianne ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent childbearing; birth timing; marriage; nonmarital fertility; women s health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949525266     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146515609903     Document Type: Article

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