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Contraceptive Use
We are using RDSL data to identify the factors associated with contraceptive use including attitudes toward contraception, pregnancy desire, intimate relationship characteristics, and community-level access to contraception.
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Intimate Partner Violence
We are using RDSL data to investigate the dynamic patterns of violence within young women's intimate relationships, including types of intimate relationships and individual & relationship factors that influence these patterns.
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Intimate Relationships
Understanding the characteristics and dynamics of relationships formed during the transition to adulthood is central to understanding young women's risk of undesired pregnancy.
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Methods
RDSL tested a new data collection method that integrated telephone interviewing into a longitudinal web survey collecting weekly measures of pregnancy desires, contraceptive use, and intimate relationships.
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Pregnancy Desires
We are using RDSL data to further our understanding of young women's desires for pregnancy, which is fundamentally important for reducing undesired pregnancy.
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Race-Ethnicity
We are using RDSL data to investigate the underlying mechanisms -- attitudes, intimate relationships, and contraceptive use -- driving differences in undesired pregnancy among young adults.
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Undesired Childbearing
Undesired childbearing is associated with a wide range of negative health statuses for children and their mothers, and understanding its precursors is vitally important for its reduction.
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