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Multiple pregnancies among adolescents: incidence and correlates
1School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Health & Social Work
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The study of adolescent fertility traditionally has focused on understanding and predicting the occurrence of an initial adolescent pregnancy. The complex problem of multiple pregnancies among teenagers is explored. Current knowledge regarding the incidence and correlates of repeated pregnancy is summarized and reviewed. Intervention strategies and directions for further research are suggested.
Keywords:
Abortion, InducedAdolescent PregnancyAdolescentsAdolescents, FemaleAge FactorsAmericasBiologyContraceptionDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesEconomic FactorsEducational StatusFamily PlanningFertilityFertility Control, PostconceptionFertility MeasurementsMultiparity--statisticsNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaParityPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsProbabilityReproductive BehaviorResearch MethodologyRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSocioeconomic StatusStatistical StudiesStudiesUnited StatesYouth