A Comparison of Hispanic and White Adolescent Females' Use of Family Planning Services in California

• Published in: Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 157 - 161
• Main Authors: Solorio, M. Rosa, Yu, Hongjian, Brown, E. Richard, Becerra, Lida, Gelberg, Lillian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2004; The Alan Guttmacher Institute
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; California; Citizenship; Data Collection; European Continental Ancestry Group; Family planning services; Family Planning Services - utilization; Female; Health insurance; Hispanic Americans; Hispanics; Human sexual behavior; Humans; Logistic Models; Multivariate Analysis; Parents; Poverty; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Adolescence - prevention & control; Reproductive health; California

CONTEXT: In California, the adolescent birthrate among Hispanics is three times that among whites. Because Hispanics are projected to make up one-half of the state's adolescents by 2020, it is important to determine how cultural and health policy-relevant factors are linked to this group's...