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Diverse pathways in retirement transitions : influences of family, work, wealth, and health

Creator:

Peters, Cheryl L.

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Shaped by life course and feminist perspectives, this study investigated the influence of finances, human capital, health, family situations, and work factors on two different retirement transitions among married and partnered men and women. Because women and men arrive at retirement under different life circumstances, logistic regression analyses were conducted...

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Dissertation
Emergency contraceptive pills and college women : factors influencing intention and use

Creator:

Nelson, Heather A.

Abstract:

Approximately half of the 6.4 million pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended (Finer & Henshaw, 2006). Unintended pregnancies, defined as pregnancies not wanted at the time conception occurs, regardless of contraceptive use (Chandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, & Jones, 2005) can have serious repercussions on women, children,...

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Dissertation

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however, another option has become available to American women making unintended pregnancy decisions