What Explains Socioeconomic Disparities in Early Pregnancy Rates?
In this study, we integrate diverse structural, social psychological, and relational perspectives to develop and test a comprehensive framework of the processes that make early pregnancy a socially stratified phenomenon. Drawing on rich panel data collected among a sample of 940 18- to 20-year-old w...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 101; no. 4; pp. 1803 - 1834 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2023
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