Importance Unintended pregnancy is common in the US and is associated with adverse
maternal and infant health outcomes; however, estimates of these associations specific to …

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

We examine whether changes in US pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates between 2009 and
2015 reflect underlying change in the incidence of pregnancies classified by retrospectively …

Persistently high levels of unintended fertility, combined with evidence that over-and
underachieved fertility are typical and not exceptional, have prompted researchers to …

Fertility surveys have rarely asked people who are using contraception about the
contraceptive method they would like to be using, implicitly assuming that those who are …

The prevention of unplanned or unintended pregnancies continues to be a cornerstone of
US reproductive health policy, but the evidence that such pregnancies cause adverse …

Context Understanding how pregnancy preferences shape contraceptive use is essential for
guiding contraceptive interventions and policies that center individuals' preferences and …

Objectives. To examine the differences in adolescent birth rates by deprivation and Health
Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in rural and urban counties of the United States in …

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

Background Unintended pregnancies remain an important public health issue. Modern
contraception is an important clinical service for reducing unintended pregnancy. This study …