Latina Adolescent Childbearing in East Los Angeles

by Pamela I. Erickson

Book Overview

Preventing teen pregnancy has become a national goal, but a one-size-fits-all strategy for achieving it may never be found. Because varying social and cultural factors lead to pregnancy among different ethnic/class groups, understanding these factors is essential in designing pregnancy prevention programs that work. This book explores the factors that lead to childbearing among Latina adolescents.

Pamela Erickson draws on both quantitative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292720947
• ISBN13: 9780292720947
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"