ISSN:
1573-6601
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Sociology
Notes:
Abstract Programs for widespread dissemination of birth control information and devices among adolescents are subject to strong resistance from many groups and may be ineffective anyway. An alternative approach to reducing the alarming frequency of unplanned pregnancy among unmarried adolescents might be group or individual counseling for those most susceptible, to unplanned pregnancies. Accurate identification would be necessary to implement this alternative. Developed in this paper is an inferential strategy for identifying in well-defined groups unmarried adolescents who seem “susceptible.” When carefully evaluated, an inferential strategy, based, on several concepts from Bayesian inference theory, appears remarkably accurate as a means of identification. Besides specific predic
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02139080
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