Research on unintended fertility tends to focus on births as isolated events. This article expands previous research by examining the relationship between early unintended childbearing and subsequent fertility dynamics in the United States. Data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth show that 27.5% of mothers report an unintended first birth. We use event history methods to show that t...

OBJECTIVE small size at birth has been associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Our aim was to evaluate how risk of diabetes associated with low birth weight is affected by accumulation of body mass from childhood to adulthood. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subjects from the 1958 British birth cohort (born 3-9 March 1958) have been followed regularly since birth. In the survey at 41 y...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the effect birth type on parenting behaviors, infant perception maternal attachment.
 Materials Methods: This descriptive comparative conducted with 77 primipara mothers (vaginal birth: 48, cesarean section: 29). data were collected in three follow-ups using Individual Presentation Form, Postpartum Parenting Behavior Scale (PPBS...

CONTEXT Unmarried women have higher rates of low birth weight than married women. However, assumptions that unmarried women are uniformly at a disadvantage may be unfounded. A woman's relationship characteristics may be more relevant for infant health than her formal marital status. METHODOLOGY Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth were used to analyze associations between relat...