Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors examine
the association between contraceptive use patterns in teens' first sexual relationships and …

Objectives Ineffective and inconsistent contraceptive use is common among adults, perhaps
due to limited knowledge about reproduction and unfavorable attitudes toward …

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: Women aged 18–29 have higher rates of unintended pregnancy than any other
age‐group. Information is needed to understand what characteristics are associated with …

PURPOSE: To assess the independent effects of various behavioral and psychosocial
antecedents on contraceptive use among a sample of low-income African-American …

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

Based on semistructured interviews with a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 58 US
high school students, this study examines teens' exposure to contraceptive information from …

BACKGROUND: This study describes contraceptive understanding, sources of information
and consequences of contraceptive misunderstandings among urban, young adults. STUDY …

Purpose: To ascertain views of public high school students on preventing teen pregnancy.
The authors hypothesized that students at varying risk for pregnancy (eg, abstinent …

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