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Consequences for children of their birth planning status.
Fam Plann Perspect. 1995 Nov-Dec; 27(6):228-34, 245.FP

Abstract

Of 1,327 children younger than two in 1986 whose mothers were participants in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 61% were wanted, 34% were mistimed and 5% were unwanted. Planning status is associated with the level of developmental resources the child receives at home: At ages one and older, mistimed and unwanted children score significantly lower on a scale measuring opportunity for skill development and on a scale measuring nonauthoritarian parenting style than their wanted peers; by preschool age, they also have significantly less-positive relationships with their mothers. Measures of the direct effects of planning status on development also indicate that mistimed and unwanted children are at a disadvantage: Those younger than two have higher mean scores for fearfulness than wanted infants and lower scores for positive affect; unintended preschoolers score lower on a measure of receptive vocabulary.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Baydar N
Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, Seattle, Wash., USA.

MeSH

Adaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultBirth IntervalsChild Behavior DisordersChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolChild, UnwantedEthnicityFamily Planning ServicesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantIntelligenceMaleMother-Child RelationsParentingRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsTemperamentUnited States

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8666086

Citation

Baydar, N. "Consequences for Children of Their Birth Planning Status." Family Planning Perspectives, vol. 27, no. 6, 1995, pp. 228-34, 245.
Baydar N. Consequences for children of their birth planning status. Fam Plann Perspect. 1995;27(6):228-34, 245.
Baydar, N. (1995). Consequences for children of their birth planning status. Family Planning Perspectives, 27(6), 228-34, 245.
Baydar N. Consequences for Children of Their Birth Planning Status. Fam Plann Perspect. 1995 Nov-Dec;27(6):228-34, 245. PubMed PMID: 8666086.
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