ArticlePopulation research and policy review2012
Are Hispanic Women Happier About Unintended Births?
Article in Population research and policy review, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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- Effects of positive psychology interventions on happiness in women with unintended pregnancy: randomized controlled trial.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Changes in expectation of relationship permanence, pregnancy acceptability and desire, and contraceptive use over time among young Latino/a women and men: An exploratory analysis.Contraception · 2021Article
- Young adult US-born Latina women's thoughts, feelings and beliefs about unintended pregnancy.Culture, health & sexuality · 2020Article
- Prevalence of and factors associated with unplanned pregnancy among women in Koshu, Japan: cross-sectional evidence from Project Koshu, 2011-2016.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Pregnancy happiness: implications of prior loss and pregnancy intendedness.Journal of reproductive and infant psychology · 2020Article
- Spanning Borders, Cultures, and Generations: A Decade of Research on Immigrant Families.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Pathways to Parenthood in Social and Family Context: Decade in Review, 2020.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- The association between religiosity and pregnancy acceptability among Latino/a young adults: does generational status matter?Culture, health & sexuality · 2020Article
- Unintended Childbearing and Marital Instability: An Emphasis on Couples' Intentions.Journal of divorce & remarriage · 2020Article
- Exploring Multiple Dimensions of Young Women's Fertility Preferences in Malawi.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
- A prospective measure of unintended pregnancy in the United States.Contraception · 2018Article
- Anticipated Emotions about Unintended Pregnancy in Relationship Context: Are Latinas Really Happier?Journal of marriage and the family · 2017Article
- Parents' experience of unintended childbearing: A qualitative study of factors that mitigate or exacerbate effects.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- Comparison of a Timing-Based Measure of Unintended Pregnancy and the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2016Article
- Unintended Pregnancy in the Native Hawaiian Community: Key Informants' Perspectives.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2015Article
- Abortion access and state variation in observed unintended pregnancy.Contraception · 2015Article
- Happiness about unintended pregnancy and its relationship to contraceptive desires among a predominantly Latina cohort.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2015Article
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Abstract
Reducing unintended pregnancies - particularly among Hispanic and Black women, who have relatively high rates - is a key public health goal in the United States. However, descriptive literature has suggested that Hispanic women are happier about these pregnancies compared with White and Black women, which could mean that there is variation across groups in the consequences of the resulting births. The purpose of this study was to examine variations in happiness about unintended births by race-ethnicity and to assess possible explanations for these differences. Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth (n=1,462 births) I find that Hispanic women report being happier about unintended births compared with White and Black women. Higher happiness among Hispanics was particularly pronounced among a subgroup of women: those who were foreign-born and very religious. Overall, results confirm previous findings that intention status alone is incomplete for capturing pregnancy experiences. Happiness offers complementary information that is important when making comparisons by race-ethnicity and nativity.
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