The effect of pregnancy intention on child development.
The writers employ data from the National longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the empirical link between unintended pregnancy and child health and development. Their findings suggest that unwanted pregnancy is associated with prenatal and postpartum maternal behaviors that adversely influence i...
| Publicado en: | Demography Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 83 - 95 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
February 2000
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| Sumario: | The writers employ data from the National longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the empirical link between unintended pregnancy and child health and development. Their findings suggest that unwanted pregnancy is associated with prenatal and postpartum maternal behaviors that adversely influence infant and child health but that unwanted pregnancy has little association with birth weight and child cognitive outcomes. They also find that estimates of the association between unwanted pregnancy and maternal behaviors were greatly reduced after controls for unmeasured family background were included in the model. They conclude that their findings suggest that no significant differences exist in maternal behaviors or child outcomes between mistimed and wanted pregnancies. |
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