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 …

Objective We examined whether the experience of a “pregnancy scare” is related to
subsequent changes in contraceptive use that increase the risk of unintended pregnancy …

Background A substantial number of young women experience pregnancy scares–thinking
they might be pregnant, and later discovering that they are not. Although pregnancy scares …

Objectives: An unresolved paradox in the measurement and interpretation of unintended
pregnancy is that women frequently report feeling happy about pregnancies they also …

Background For decades, researchers have called for the improvement of measures of
unintended pregnancy, noting that standard survey measures may misclassify the actual …

In this study we develop and then test a couple model of contraceptive method choice
decision‐making following a pregnancy scare. The central constructs in our model are …

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 …

CONTEXT Women frequently profess happiness about unintended pregnancies; such
incongruence is associated with use of less effective contraceptive methods and …

Methods: Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) were used to
compare levels of unintended pregnancy among contraceptive users based on two …

CONTEXT Although substantial research has focused on unintended pregnancy among
young women, less is known about the circumstances under which pregnancy is desired …