Pregnancy scares and subsequent unintended pregnancy.

摘要: BACKGROUND A substantial number of young women experience pregnancy scares - thinking they might be pregnant, and later discovering that are not. Although distressing events, little is known about who experiences them whether important to our understanding unintended pregnancy. OBJECTIVE We describe the scares, examine link between subsequent METHODS used data from Relationship Dynamics Social Life Study. T-tests regression analyses were conducted using baseline weekly estimate relationships respondent characteristics scares. Event history methods assess as a predictor RESULTS Nine percent experienced scare during study. African-American race, lack two-parent family structure, lower GPA, cohabitation, sex without birth control prior study associated with experiencing greater Further, strongly pregnancy, independent background factors. Forty subsequently had an period, relative only 11% those did not scare. CONCLUSIONS Young less advantaged backgrounds more likely scare, often followed by