Effects of father--daughter contact on use of pregnancy services by Mexican, Mexican-American, and Anglo adolescents

Describes whether frequency and quality of father-daughter contact during adolescent pregnancy differ by ethnicity, whether this contact affects health behaviour, and how ethnicity conditions the relationship between contact and behaviour. Found almost twice as many Mexicans as Mexican-Americans never saw their fathers. Girls living with their fathers obtained pregnancy tests significantly later than those living independently. (JLN)