Factors Associated With Delayed Childbearing

From the Voices of Expectant Latina Adults and Teens in California

Bibliographic Data

ID6065007
AuthorsM Antonia Biggs (0000-0002-3904-3177, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Lauren Ralph (0000-0001-7002-1024, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Alexandra M Minnis (0000-0002-2943-2005, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA), Abigail Arons (0000-0002-9140-2130, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Kristen S Marchi (0000-0002-8916-0988, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Jocelyn A Lehrer (0000-0001-9518-6837, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Paula A Braveman (University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Paula Braveman (0000-0001-9917-2360, University of California, San Francisco), Claire D Brindis (0000-0002-2284-3936, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA)
Year2010
Volume32
Issue1
Pages77-103
Publication date2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0739986309353000
OpenAlexW2039431345
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited28

There has been limited research on the protective factors that help Latinas delay childbearing until adulthood. In-depth interviews were conducted with 65 pregnant Latina teenage and adult women in California who were about to have their first child. Lack of or inconsistent birth control use as teens was attributed to wanting or ambivalence toward childbearing, concern about contraceptive side effects and infertility, and/or inadequate contraceptive information. Parental influence was cited as the primary reason for avoiding teen childbearing, as well as the feeling that a baby would have interfered with life plans. Close parental supervision and positive relationships with parents appeared to protect some adults from teen childbearing. The findings from this study point to the need to improve Latinos’ birth control knowledge and strengthen parents’ ability to establish supportive relationships with their children

Ambivalence · Birth control · Childlessness · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family planning · Feeling · Fertility · Population · Research methodology · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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