Does Parental Consent for Birth Control Affect Underage Pregnancy Rates? The Case of Texas

Previous work based on conjectural responses of minors predicted that the 2003 Texas requirement for parental consent for state-funded birth control to minors would lead to a large increase in underage pregnancies. We use state-and countylevel data to test this prediction. The latter allow us to com...

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Volume:	50
Main Author:	Sourafel Girma David Paton
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Boston Springer 01.11.2013 Springer US SPRINGER
published in:	Demography Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 2105 - 2128
ORCID:	0000-0001-5815-1619 0000-0002-7486-9353
Data of publication:	20131101
ISSN:	0070-3370 1533-7790
EISSN:	1533-7790
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Pregnancy Family planning clinics Birth control Control groups Pregnancy rate REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR Contraception Parental consent Adolescents Minors Age groups Population Economics Demography Geography (general) Social Sciences, general Propensity score weights Sociology, general Teen pregnancy Medicine/Public Health, general Abortion Social Sciences Abortion, Induced - trends State Government Abortion, Induced - legislation & jurisprudence Financing, Government - legislation & jurisprudence Family Planning Services - legislation & jurisprudence Minors - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data Logistic Models Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data Sexual Behavior - psychology Contraception - economics Contraception - utilization Propensity Score Parental Consent - legislation & jurisprudence Family Planning Services - economics Adolescent Behavior - psychology Texas Adolescent Female Adolescent Behavior - physiology Pregnancy in Adolescence - prevention & control Index Medicus Texas SERVICES SEX CONTRACEPTION Teen pregnancy Abortion FERTILITY Birth control NOTIFICATION IMPACT CONSEQUENCES Propensity score weights Parental consent INVOLVEMENT LAWS INCREASED ACCESS
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