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Reproductive Intentions

Reproductive Intentions is a theoretical construct within reproductive health anthropology that denotes the culturally mediated, self-reported desires and plans of individuals or couples regarding the timing, likelihood, and number of future pregnancies, distinguishing it from related constructs such as reproductive behaviors or outcomes by emphasizing cognitive and affective orientations toward reproduction.

393

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23.2K

Citations

1.3K

Authors

580

Institutions

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2017–2026

108

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Reproductive Intent

Parents

Publications

393

The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families

Sally Guttmacher, Sarah Brown, Leon Eisenberg · Journal of Public Health Policy · 1998 · 720 citations

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Do Fertility Intentions Affect Fertility Behavior?

Robert Schoen, Nan Marie Astone, Young Jin Kim et al. · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1999 · 544 citations

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Fertility awareness, intentions concerning childbearing, and attitudes towards parenthood among female and male academics

Claudia Lampic, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Per-Olov Karlström et al. · Human Reproduction · 2005 · 460 citations · Full text

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Couple childbearing desires, intentions, and births

Elizabeth Thomson · Demography · 1997 · 391 citations · Full text

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“Life is still going on”: Reproductive intentions among HIV-positive women and men in South Africa

Diane Cooper, Jane Harries, Landon Myer et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2007 · 360 citations

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Authors

1.3K

  1. WB
    Warren B. Miller

    Transnational Family Research Institute, United States

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. MT
    Maria Testa

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    10 publications · 671 citations

    10

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  3. TT
    Tanja Tydén

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    7 publications · 727 citations

    7

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  4. JK
    Jane Klobas

    Bocconi University, Italy

    6 publications · 324 citations

    6

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  5. JM
    Julia McQuillan

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    6 publications · 357 citations

    6

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Institutions

580

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    16 h-index

    47 publications

    5K citations

  2. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

  3. Austrian Academy of Sciences

    Vienna, Austria

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. Vienna Institute of Demography

    Vienna, Austria

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Transnational Family Research Institute

    Aptos, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Guttmacher Institute

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    2K citations

  8. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Studies in Family Planning

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 17 publications · 996 citations

    15

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  3. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

    11 publications · 506 citations

    11

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  4. PLoS ONE

    11 publications · 667 citations

    10

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  5. AIDS Care

    10 publications · 406 citations

    10

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