Regular ArticleFamily Relationships and Adolescent Pregnancy Risk: A Research Synthesis☆
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This article is based on a report entitled “Families Matter: A Research Synthesis of Family Influences on Adolescent Pregnancy,” initially prepared by Brent C. Miller in April, 1998 for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. A version of this paper was also presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in November, 1998. The authors acknowledge the National Council Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy for supporting the original work, and thank this journal's editor and anonymous reviewers for their constructive criticisms of an earlier version of the manuscript.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Brent C. Miller, Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-2905. E-mail: [email protected].