Perceptions of pregnancy risk: a comparison by class and race.
Perceptions of pregnancy risk by class and race were examined in a small sample of adolescent mothers. Findings from in-depth interviews indicated differences by class, but not by race, in the degree to which these adolescents, prior to conception, maintained a "personal fable" about their invulnerability to becoming pregnant through unprotected sexual intercourse.
Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College, Pa.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002641:Chicago; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*