title: The incidence of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies among live births from health visitor records.
abstract: A survey of health visitor records has indicated that approximately one-third of pregnancies resulting in live births are unplanned. The data further revealed an association between planning of pregnancies and socio-demographic variables and use of preventive health care for infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Studies, King's College, London.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: While
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008131:London; D008393:Marriage; D008423:Maternal Age; D008499:Medical Records; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012923:Social Class