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Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2105–2128.
Published: 14 June 2013
... and, in particular, rates of underage pregnancy. In this article, we use treatment effects evaluation estimators to test whether mandatory parental consent for the provision of state-funded birth control to minors leads to an increase in underage pregnancies. Legislation to mandate parental involvement for birth...
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in Does Parental Consent for Birth Control Affect Underage Pregnancy Rates? The Case of Texas
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Published: 14 June 2013
Fig. 1 Pregnancy rates in Texas by age, race and ethnicity, 2000–2006. Rates are normalized to a value of 100 in 2002. Source: Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics
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in Does Parental Consent for Birth Control Affect Underage Pregnancy Rates? The Case of Texas
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Published: 14 June 2013
Fig. 2 Pregnancy rates in Texas by counties with state-funded clinics and those without, 2000–2006. Rates are normalized to a value of 100 in 2002. Source: Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics
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Published: 03 May 2013
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 297–304.
Published: 01 June 1966
... that because of these two problems—namely, sample heterogeneity and incomplete histories-the Pearl pregnancy rate, which has been traditionally used to measure contraceptive effectiveness, is inadequate. A life table method is described that permits one to combine incomplete histories with complete ones...
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Demography (1973) 10 (4): 663–672.
Published: 01 November 1973
... and other sources, we calculate a birth rate and a pregnancy rate for low-income single and previously married women, using the two estimates of the number of women in need—i.e., the population at risk of these vital events. If the two estimates of the number in need of contraceptive protection are either...
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Demography (1967) 4 (2): 569–575.
Published: 01 June 1967
... of the extent to which adoption of conventional contraceptives (condoms and foam tablets) has reduced fertility in selected villages of the Comilla-Kotwali precinct, during the years 1962-66. The study was carried out by comparing adopter and non-adopter rates of pregnancy and analyzing the trends in pregnancy...
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2057–2084.
Published: 30 November 2020
...Elly Field Abstract Decades of research have attempted to understand the paradox of stubbornly high unintended pregnancy rates despite widespread use of contraception. Much of this research has focused on socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, finding that economically...
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Demography (2012) 49 (4): 1433–1452.
Published: 04 August 2012
...Krystale E. Littlejohn Abstract The unintended pregnancy rate in the United States remains high, and there are large race and education differences in unintended pregnancy and fertility. These differences make it important to study race and education differences in contraceptive behavior. Using...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 433–438.
Published: 01 March 1968
... of the spouse, the complexities of the basal temperature chart, and the consequent need for frequent follow-up all placed too great a demand on both the population and the personnel of the services. Pregnancy rates that obtained, further, could class the program only as ineffective. This in combination, finally...
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Demography (2023) 60 (3): 837–863.
Published: 01 June 2023
...Kathryn Kost; Mia Zolna; Rachel Murro Abstract We examine whether changes in U.S. pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates between 2009 and 2015 reflect underlying change in the incidence of pregnancies classified by retrospectively reported pregnancy desires: pregnancies reported as having occurred...
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Demography (2012) 49 (3): 989–1009.
Published: 21 June 2012
... availability and the characteristics of pregnant women, the rate of reported miscarriages increased by about 1.0% per year. This upward trend is strongest in the first seven weeks and absent after 12 weeks of pregnancy. African American and Hispanic women report lower rates of early miscarriage than do whites...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1399–1428.
Published: 13 September 2016
... spanning 2.5 years. We investigate hypotheses about dynamic processes in these behaviors during early adulthood in order to shed light on persisting racial differences in rates of unintended pregnancies in the United States. We find that net of other sociodemographic characteristics and adolescent...
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Demography (2001) 38 (1): 59–66.
Published: 01 February 2001
... Pregnancy Rate Black Woman Married Couple Abortion Rate Nonmarital Birth References Alan Guttmacher Institute. 1997. “The Limitations of U.S. Statistics on Abortion.” Issues in Brief . Retrieved August 20, 2000 (http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/ib14.html). Axinn , W.G. , & Thornton...
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 751–786.
Published: 12 May 2015
... families (2.4 versus 2.2) than white women (Martinez et al. 2012 : tables 6 and 7). The teen pregnancy rate is more than twice as high for black women (43.9 per 1,000) than for white women (20.5 per 1,000) (Martin et al. 2013 :Table A). The black-white disparities in unintended pregnancy are large. Black...
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Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1727–1751.
Published: 31 August 2020
... in women’s propensity to cohabit and to have an intended pregnancy as well as their union transitions following cohabitation (Seltzer 2000 ; Smock 2000 ), the in-between socioeconomic status of interracial couples also implies that their pregnancy rates, pregnancy intentions, and union transitions...
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 931–940.
Published: 01 June 1968
...Christopher Tietze; Sarah Lewit 15 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Family Planning Pregnancy Rate Life Table Contraceptive Method Unintended Pregnancy References 1 MacLeod , J. , & Tietze , C. ( 1964 ). Control of Reproductive...
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Demography (1992) 29 (1): 127–137.
Published: 01 February 1992
... prevalence andlor effectiveness of the method mix may affect both fertility and abortion rates. The interaction between contraception and abortion is mediated by underlying pregnancy rates. Contraception reduces fertility by reducing pregnancy rates. As long as postpartum infecundability, L, remains constant...
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Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1401–1428.
Published: 02 September 2011
... in risk occurs too early in life to be explained simply by changing preferences with age, at least if these preferences are correlated with reported coital frequencies or pregnancy rates. I then argue that we can parse most existing behavioral HIV models into those that predict increasing risks with age...
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 836–845.
Published: 01 June 1968
...Anibal Faundes; German Rodriguez-Galant; Onofre Avendano 15 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Live Birth Pregnancy Rate Abortion Rate High Risk Woman Family Planning Program References 1 Requena , M. ( 1965 ). Social and Economic Correlates...
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