Race and ethnicity may not be associated with risk of unintended pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective was to use improved measures and methodology to investigate whether race and ethnicity are associated with unintended pregnancy.

Study design

Cross-sectional study of English- or Spanish-speaking women, aged 16-44, with pregnancies <24weeks' gestation recruited from pregnancy testing and abortion care sites in New Haven, CT, between June 2014 and June 2015. Participants completed self-assessments of race, ethnicity and multidimensional measures of pregnancy "context," including timing, intention, wantedness, desirability, happiness and planning (measured with the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy). Multivariable analysis was performed, adjusting for maternal demographics, language, recruitment site, substance use and medical conditions including h

SUBMITTER: Kemet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840000 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature