Pregnancy wantedness and the early initiation of prenatal care.
Demography
; 27(1): 1-17, 1990 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2303132
ABSTRACT
The study examines the impact of the wantedness of a pregnancy on the demand for early prenatal care. Using a cohort of pregnant women in New York City, we estimate a prenatal care demand function in which we control for the probability of giving birth, given a woman is pregnant. We interpret this control as a measure of wantedness. The results indicate that if the black and Hispanic women who aborted had instead given birth, they would have delayed the initiation of prenatal care, on average, more than three-quarters of a month longer than the mean number of months of delay that were actually observed for the women who gave birth. By allowing women to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, induced abortion increases the average use of prenatal care among black and Hispanic women relative to what would have been observed if the women who aborted had instead given birth.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Equidade_desigualdade
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Gravidez não Desejada
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Cuidado Pré-Natal
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Gravidez
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Demography
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article