This study examines the influence of parents, peers, and partners on teenage women's
contraceptive-seeking behavior and identifies sources of variation in the amount and …

Data from a national probability sample of 15-19-year-old women are analyzed to determine
the influence of parents and peers on the views of young women and how this influence is …

We reviewed 52 studies published since 1970 investigating interpersonal factors related to
the contraceptive behavior of unmarried adolescents and young adults. The studies focused …

Failure to use contraception is a critical problem among American youth, since sexual
activity is common, and illegitimacy and abortion rates are high among young women. This …

Improving communication about sex and birth control between parents and their children
has often been cited as a means to encourage young people to use contraceptives more …

A 1979 survey among sexually active unmarried black adolescents from Chicago found that
28 percent of the young women and 18 percent of the young men used a contraceptive at …

A majority of Americans favor giving contraception to teenagers who are sexu-ally active,'but
controversy still exists about the rights and wrongs of premarital sex. 2 There has been no …

We have previously described the sexual experience of unmarried US teenagers based on
interviews obtained in 1971 from a national sample of 4,611 young women 15-19 years of …

COMMUNICATION AND CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICES IN ADOLESCENT COUPLES
Denise Polit-O'Hara, Ph. D. and Janet R. Kahn ABSTRACT This study presents a descriptive …

Many Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in the past decade have queried husbands
and wives about their current contraceptive use. In this study, couples' concurrence on use …