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Demography (2001) 38 (1): 67–78.
Published: 01 February 2001
...Shelah S. Bloom; David Wypij; Monica Das Gupta Abstract The dimensions of women’s autonomy and their relationship to maternal health care utilization were investigated in a probability sample of 300 women in Varanasi, India. We examined the determinants of women’s autonomy in three areas: control...
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in Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile
> Demography
Published: 01 December 2021
Fig. 3 Event-study tests of the impact of the EC pill on maternal health outcomes. Event studies follow specification (1) and are weighted using the number of women of reproductive age in each municipality; standard errors are clustered by municipality. Unweighted specifications are displayed
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in Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile
> Demography
Published: 01 December 2021
Fig. 4 DID M estimates of the impact of the EC pill on maternal health outcomes. In all panels, leads −3, −2, and −1 are placebo tests, while lags 0, 1, and 2 are immediate or dynamic effects. The thin black line presents point estimates, the thick gray error bar indicates 90% CIs
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in Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile
> Demography
Published: 01 December 2021
Fig. 5 Event-study tests of the intensity of EC pill provision on maternal health outcomes. Each set of point estimates and 95% confidence intervals refers to the EC pill rollout leads and lags for municipalities with low, medium, and high rates of pill disbursements. These definitions were
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Demography (2012) 49 (4): 1231–1257.
Published: 28 August 2012
...Mikko Myrskylä; Andrew Fenelon Abstract Advanced maternal age is associated with negative offspring health outcomes. This interpretation often relies on physiological processes related to aging, such as decreasing oocyte quality. We use a large, population-based sample of American adults to analyze...
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 83–111.
Published: 09 January 2015
... Maternal behaviors Infant health The unintended pregnancy rate in the United States has remained relatively unchanged for the past three decades, at 54 per 1,000 women ages 15–44 in both 1981 and 2008 (Henshaw 1998 ; Finer and Zolna 2014 ). In national data spanning more than two decades, more...
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 75–93.
Published: 01 February 2002
...Saifuddin Ahmed; W. Henry Mosley Abstract This study examined the relationship between the use of maternal-child health (MCH) care and the use of contraceptives. The high correlation between the two may be due to the independent effect of one on the other or to an association of both with the same...
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 425–436.
Published: 30 April 2011
...Miguel Ceballos Abstract A significant body of research on minority health shows that although Latino immigrants experience unexpectedly favorable outcomes in maternal and infant health, this advantage deteriorates with increased time of residence in the United States. This study evaluates...
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Demography (2016) 53 (3): 835–863.
Published: 06 May 2016
... resource efficiency. 31 3 2016 6 5 2016 © Population Association of America 2016 2016 Fertility Life course Reproductive health Cohort analysis Developing countries Evidence is growing of the effects of maternal factors on fetal programming and consequences for perinatal...
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 71–81.
Published: 01 February 1998
...Sonalde Desai; Soumya Alva Abstract Using data from the first round of Demographic and Health Surveys for 22 developing countries, we examine the effect of maternal education on three markers of child health: infant mortality, children s height-for-age, and immunization status. In contrast to other...
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in Maternal Age and Offspring Adult Health: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
> Demography
Published: 28 August 2012
Fig. 2 Maternal age and self–rated health. Estimates are based on a semiparametric lowess model. Black line corresponds to Model 1 and controls for only demographic characteristics birth year, age, age squared, sex, and race/ethnicity. Gray line corresponds to Model 4 and adds as controls
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Demography (2018) 55 (4): 1295–1316.
Published: 13 June 2018
... whether women give birth in a health facility. We combine geocoded data on violent events from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program with georeferenced survey data on the use of maternal health care services from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Our sample covers 569,201 births by 390,574 mothers in 31...
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Demography (1995) 32 (2): 139–157.
Published: 01 May 1995
...Kofi D. Benefo Abstract The question of how postpartum sexual abstinence responds to social change in West Africa is important because declines in the practice could increase fertility levels and worsen child and maternal health. This study uses data from the late 1970s in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana...
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Demography (1976) 13 (4): 463–478.
Published: 01 November 1976
...@ Volume 13, Number 4 November 1976 THE EFFECT OF SUBSIDIZED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES ON REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE UNITED STATES, 1969-1974 J. Richard Udry Demographic Research and Services Unit, Carolina Population Center, Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, and Department...
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2229–2254.
Published: 08 November 2014
... maternal health outcomes. 3 10 2014 8 11 2014 © Population Association of America 2014 2014 Migration Abortion Fertility Reproductive health Sub-Saharan Africa Over the coming decades, urbanization is expected to continue or accelerate in the developing world, with Africa...
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 119–125.
Published: 01 March 1964
... . THE DEMOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF LEGAL ABORTION IN EASTERN EUROPE CHRISTOPHER TIETZE, M.D. National Committee on Maternal Health RESUMEN Desde 1955 todos los paisesde Europa Oriental, excepto Albania y Alemania Oriental han adop- tado legislacion que permite el aborto legalizado por razones sociales y economicas...
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Demography (2003) 40 (4): 701–725.
Published: 01 November 2003
... L.S. , & d’Almada P.J. ( 2001 ). The Prevalence of Socioeconomic and Behavioral Characteristics and Their Impact on Very Low Birth Weight in Black and White Infants in Georgia . Maternal and Child Health Journal , 5 , 75 – 84 . 10.1023/A:1011344914802 Boardman J.D...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 439–450.
Published: 01 August 1989
.... Retherford and Minja Kim Choe Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 Shyam Thapa Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 Bhakta B. Gubhaju Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Project, Ministry of Health, Kathmandu, Nepal This article shows...
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Demography (1972) 9 (3): 507–510.
Published: 01 August 1972
.... Congress (91st). 1970. Family Planning and Population Research Act of 1970. DEMOGRAPHY Volume 9, Number 3 August 1972 THE POOR AS A "PERFECT CONTRACEPTIVE POPULATION" AND ZERO POPULATION GROWTH Karl E. Bauman Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina...
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Demography (1974) 11 (2): 189–194.
Published: 01 May 1974
... 11, Number 2 May 1974 EFFECT ON UNWANTED FERTILITY OF EXTENDING PHYSICIAN-ADMINISTERED BIRTH CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES J. Richard Udry and Karl E. Bauman Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514...
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