Whether, and under what circumstances, people become parents has implications for
individual identity, family relationships, the well‐being of adults and children, and population …

Understanding the social history and urgent social implications of gendered compulsory
birth control, an unbalanced and unjust approach to pregnancy prevention. The average …

We examined whether hormonal contraception (HC) use predicts sexual frequency
throughout and across young women's intimate relationships. From 2008–2012, the …

Extensive sociological research concludes that education informs people's desires for their
lives and plays an instrumental role in facilitating the fulfillment of those desires. In this …

Objectives We examined whether and how long young women became more or less likely to
desire a pregnancy after experiencing a “pregnancy scare.” Study Design We used data …

Of all pregnancies among young women in the United States, more than 60% are undesired,
yet explanations for this phenomenon remain elusive. While research has investigated how …

Objectives: To examine changes over time in event-level condom/contraceptive use and the
association between past year penile-vaginal intercourse frequency and event-level …

We merge information on the date and location of homicides in Flint, Michigan, with
georeferenced weekly panel data from the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study to …

Sexual pleasure and intimacy are key reasons why people have sex, yet it remains
underexamined in our understanding of how people make decisions about contraception …

Background Age-based sexual mixing data can guide design and implementation of
sexually transmitted infection (STI) control interventions. It can also inform the …