Multi-City Study of Factors Affecting Teenagers' Choice of Prenatal Clinics, 1980

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Multi-City Study of Factors Affecting Teenagers' Choice of Prenatal Clinics, 1980

Investigators: Laurie Schwab Zabin and Samuel D. Clark, Jr.

Publication Date: March 23, 2016

Multi-City Study of Factors Affecting Teenagers' Choice of Prenatal Clinics, 1980

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These prenatal clinic data were gathered as part of an investigation of why teenagers coming to family planning, prenatal or abortion clinics for the first time chose a particular clinic and why they (may have) delayed their decision to get professional help. Data were gathered from teens in the spring of 1980 at 40 clinics in eight cities (Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver, New York, Pittsburgh, St. Paul and Seattle). The family planning clinic sample included 12 Planned Parenthood affiliates, seven hospital facilities, six health department clinics and six independent clinics. Data were also gathered at four prenatal clinics, four abortion clinics, and one clinic of unknown type. The data from teens interviewed at family planning clinics, prenatal clinics, and abortion clinics have been archived separately as DAAPPP Data Set No. H2, H3, and H4, respectively. The present Data Set (H3) contains data from 120 teens who visited prenatal clinics. The four principal reasons teens gave for choosing a particular prenatal clinic were: it is the closest; the people there care about teens; they heard good things about the doctors there; and it was the only one available.

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