Health Publications
- Family Planning Perspectives
- Publication provides research and analysis on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and other industrialized countries. Continued by Perspectives of Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Most Recent Articles from Family Planning Perspectives 
Differences in teenage pregnancy rates among five developed countries: The roles of sexual activity and contraceptive use
ARTICLES Context: Adolescent pregnancy, birth, abortion and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates are much higher in the United States than in...
11/1/01 by Darroch, Jacqueline E Singh, Jacqueline E Singh, Susheela Frost · More from publicationeffects of early childbearing on schooling over time, The
Context: In recent studies, the effects of teenage childbearing on the schooling of young women have been smaller than those in earlier research. The...
11/1/01 by Hofferth, Sandra L Reid, Sandra L Reid, Lori Mott · More from publicationYoung mothers' disadvantage, not their age itself, accounts for their children's educational problems
The children of teenage mothers have an elevated risk of educational problems and disabilities when they reach kindergarten, but this risk is not...
11/1/01 by Hollander, D · More from publicationLabor induction for vaginal birth after cesarean may lead to uterine rupture
Women who have a first birth by cesarean section are at increased risk of suffering uterine rupture if they try to deliver their second infant...
11/1/01 by Hollander, D · More from publicationSocioeconomic disadvantage and adolescent women's sexual and reproductive behavior: The case of five developed countries
Context: Differences among developed countries in teenagers' patterns of sexual and reproductive behavior may partly reflect differences in the...
11/1/01 by Singh, Susheela Darroch, Susheela Darroch, Jacqueline E Frost · More from publicationEarly sexual initiation and subsequent sex-related risks among urban minority youth: The reach for health study
Context: Since the 1980s, the age at which U.S. teenagers, especially minority youth, begin having sex has decreased. There is limited information on...
11/1/01 by O'Donnell, Lydia O'Donnell, Lydia O'Donnell, Carl R Stueve · More from publication
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