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1981

Bringing in the Family: Kinship Support andContraceptive BehaviorFrank F. FurstenbergUniversity of Pennsylvania, fff@ssc.upenn.edu

Roberta Herceg-Baron

Jay Jemail

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Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE)Furstenberg, F. & Herceg-Baron, R. & Jemail, J. (1981). Bringing in the Family: Kinship Support and Contraceptive Behavior. InOoms, T. (Ed.), Teenage Pregnancy in a Family Context: Implications for Policy (pp. 345-370). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

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Bringing in the Family: Kinship Support and Contraceptive Behavior

AbstractThough social programs are usually based on a presumption of empirical knowledge, it is no secret thatresearch typically follows, rather than precedes efforts at social intervention. More often than not, socialscientists are called in to assess the impact of an existing programmatic initiative, and are asked to render ajudgment about the wisdom of a particular course of action after the fact. Only rarely do they take an activepart in planning the experiments that they evaluate.

DisciplinesFamily, Life Course, and Society | Gender and Sexuality | Sociology

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