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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2016

The Implications of Unintended Pregnancies for Mental Health in Later Life.

Pamela Herd, Jenny Higgins, Kamil Sicinski, Irina Merkurieva

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Article in American journal of public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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Pamela HerdPamela Herd is with the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jennifer Higgins is with the Department of Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kamil Sicinski is with the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Irina Merkurieva is a Lecturer in Economics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Jenny HigginsPamela Herd is with the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jennifer Higgins is with the Department of Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kamil Sicinski is with the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Irina Merkurieva is a Lecturer in Economics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Kamil SicinskiPamela Herd is with the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jennifer Higgins is with the Department of Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kamil Sicinski is with the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Irina Merkurieva is a Lecturer in Economics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Irina MerkurievaPamela Herd is with the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jennifer Higgins is with the Department of Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kamil Sicinski is with the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Irina Merkurieva is a Lecturer in Economics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland.

Funding

Aging Together: Brothers and Sisters of the Wisconsin Longitudinal StudyR01AG033285 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HERD, PAMELA, WARREN, JOHN ROBERT · 2009 to 2013
$11.8M
Scientific and Technical CoreP2CHD047873 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Katherine J. Curtis · 2014 to 2026
$5.1M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033285NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD047873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of research on unintended pregnancies, we know little about the health implications for the women who experience them. Moreover, no study has examined the implications for women whose pregnancies occurred before Roe v. Wade was decided--nor whether the mental health consequences of these unintended pregnancies continue into later life. Using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a 60-year ongoing survey, we examined associations between unwanted and mistimed pregnancies and mental health in later life, controlling for factors such as early life socioeconomic conditions, adolescent IQ, and personality. We found that in this cohort of mostly married and White women, who completed their pregnancies before the legalization of abortion, unwanted pregnancies were strongly associated with poorer mental health outcomes in later life.

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AdultDepressionFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMental HealthMiddle AgedPersonalityPregnancyPregnancy, UnplannedResidence CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsWisconsin

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PMID26691118
PMCPMC4815713

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