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Sex and pregnancy in adolescence
- Title
- Sex and pregnancy in adolescence / Melvin Zelnik, John F. Kantner, Kathleen Ford.
- Author
- Zelnik, Melvin.
- Publication
- Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, ©1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 272 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Sage library of social research ; v. 133
- Uniform Title
- Sage library of social research ; v. 133.
- Subject
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
- Premarital sex > United States
- Teenage pregnancy > United States
- Young women > United States > Attitudes
- Youth > Sexual behavior > United States
- Teenage pregnancy
- Teenage girls > United States > Attitudes
- Youth > United States > Sexual behavior
- Pregnancy in Adolescence
- Sexual Behavior
- Adolescent
- Teenage girls > Attitudes
- Premarital sex
- Teenage pregnancy
- Young women > Attitudes
- Youth > Sexual behavior
- Jugend
- Sexualverhalten
- Meisjes
- Seksualiteit
- Zwangerschap
- Pregnant teenagers > United States
- United States
- USA
- Note
- Spine title: Adolescent sex and pregnancy.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 265-269.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- The problem -- The approach -- The data: procedures, coast, quality -- Perspective -- How this book is organized -- 2. The world of the teenager -- Family background: structure and stability -- Familism -- Family and friends -- Religion -- Social life -- Perceptions of society -- The future -- 3. Premarital intercourse -- The prevalence of premarital sexual activity -- Variables and analysis -- The initiation of premarital intercourse -- Total number of premarital sexual partners -- Frequency of intercourse -- Summary -- 4. Contraceptive use -- Use at first intercourse -- Use at last intercourse -- Patterns of contraceptive use -- Ever use of medical contraception -- Source of pill and IUD -- Reasons for nonuse -- Summary -- 5. Premarital pregnancy -- Prevalence of premarital pregnancy -- Mean age at first premarital pregnancy -- Outcome during first premarital pregnancy -- Illegitimacy -- Summary -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- Pathways to pregnancy and beyond -- The nub of the matter-illegitimacy -- Methodological caveats -- Results -- Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0803917333
- 9780803917330
- 0803917341
- 9780803917347
- LCCN
- 81013541
- OCLC
- ocm07741490
- 7741490
- SCSB-40845
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library