CONTEXT Teenagers have a high unintended pregnancy rate, in part because of
inconsistent use or nonuse of contraceptives. It is important to determine how partner and …

CONTEXT: Most US teenage pregnancies are unintended, partly because of inconsistent or
no use of contraceptives. Understanding the factors associated with contraceptive use in …

By using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examine how
adolescent relationship characteristics, partner attributes, and sexual relationship histories …

Context: Despite widespread efforts to increase contraceptive use to prevent both pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases among sexually active adolescents, most prior work …

CONTEXT: Young adults have high rates of unintended childbearing and STDs, yet little
research has examined the role of relationship characteristics in their contraceptive use …

CONTEXT Contraceptive decision making occurs in the context of relationships. Although
many individual‐level characteristics have been linked to youths' contraceptive use, less is …

Context: While a number of studies have examined the association between individuals'
characteristics and their contraceptive use, few studies have examined the influence of …

We examine the relationship characteristics associated with contraceptive method choice
within young people's nonmarital sexual relationships, using data from retrospective …

Objectives To understand how relationship status influences contraceptive use among
young people. Study Design Data were collected as part of a longitudinal study on hormonal …

Background: Sexual debut before age 15 years has been associated with increased sexual
risk behaviors among teens, but little is known about its effects beyond adolescence. This …