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Race-Ethnic Differences In Sexual Health Knowledge, Karen Guzzo, Sarah Hayford
Race-Ethnic Differences In Sexual Health Knowledge, Karen Guzzo, Sarah Hayford
Sociology Faculty Publications
Despite extensive research examining the correlates of unintended fertility, it remains a puzzle as to why racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to experience an unintended birth than non-Hispanic whites. This paper focuses on sexual literacy, a potential precursor of unintended fertility. Analyses use a unique dataset of unmarried young adults aged 18-29, the 2009 Survey of Unmarried Young Adults’ Contraceptive Knowledge and Practices, to examine beliefs regarding pregnancy risks, pregnancy fatalism, and contraceptive side effects. At the bivariate level, foreign-born Hispanics hold more erroneous beliefs about the risk of pregnancy than other groups, and non-Hispanic blacks are more …
Unintended Fertility And The Stability Of Coresidential Relationships, Karen Guzzo, Sarah Hayford
Unintended Fertility And The Stability Of Coresidential Relationships, Karen Guzzo, Sarah Hayford
Sociology Faculty Publications
Having an unintended birth is associated with maternal and child health outcomes, the mother-child relationship, and subsequent fertility. Unintended fertility likely also increases the risk of union dissolution for parents, but it is unclear whether this association derives from a causal effect or selection processes and whether it differs by union type. This article uses data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to compare union stability after intended and unintended births in coresidential relationships. Results show that coresidential couples are more likely to break up after an unintended first or higher-order birth than after an intended first or …