A5036855604- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- School Choice and Performance
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Sex work and related issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Student Assessment and Feedback
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Male Reproductive Health Studies
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences
Guttmacher Institute
2016-2025
RELX Group (United States)
2015
RELX Group (United Kingdom)
2015
New York University
2014
BackgroundUnintended pregnancy and abortion estimates document trends in sexual reproductive health autonomy. These inform motivate investment global programmes policies. Variability the availability reliability of data poses challenges for measuring monitoring unintended abortion. We developed a new statistical model that jointly estimated aimed to better efforts towards equity rights.MethodsWe simultaneously incidence within Bayesian framework. Data on intentions were compiled from...
Global estimates of unsafe abortions have been produced for 1995, 2003, and 2008. However, reconceptualisation the framework methods estimating abortion safety is needed owing to increased availability simple safe (eg, medical abortion), increasingly widespread use misoprostol outside formal health systems in contexts where legally restricted, need account multiple factors that affect safety.We used all available empirical data on methods, providers, settings, affecting as covariates within...
Estimates of pregnancy incidence by intention status and outcome indicate how effectively women couples are able to fulfil their childbearing aspirations, can be used monitor the impact family-planning programmes. We estimate global, regional, subregional rates for 1990-2014.We developed a Bayesian hierarchical time series model whereby unintended rate is function distribution across subgroups defined marital contraceptive need use, risk in each subgroup. Data included numbers births...
Motherhood reduces women’s wages. But does the size of this penalty differ between more and less advantaged women? To answer this, we use unconditional quantile regression models with person-fixed effects, panel data from 1979 to 2010 National Longitudinal Survey Youth (NLSY79). We find that among white women, most privileged—women high skills wages—experience highest total penalties, estimated include effects mediated through lost experience. Although highly skilled, paid women have fairly...
Introduction Internationally comparable estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion incidence can illuminate disparities in sexual reproductive health autonomy. Country-specific are essential to enable international comparison, inform country-level policy programming. Methods We developed a Bayesian model which jointly estimated rates using information on contraceptive needs use, method mix, birth rates, the proportions births from pregnancies data. Main outcomes were for 150 countries...
In this comment, we offer a nontechnical discussion of conventional (conditional) multivariate quantile regression, with an emphasis on the appropriate interpretation results. We discuss its distinction from unconditional analytic method that can be used to estimate varying associations between predictors and outcome at different points distribution. argue research question posed by Budig Hodges (2010)—whether motherhood penalty is larger for low-wage women—cannot answered authors’...
What is “teaching to the test,” and can one detect evidence of this practice in state test scores? This paper unpacks concept empirically investigates variant it by analyzing item–level data from three states’ mathematics reading tests. We show that NCLB-era tests predictably emphasized some standards while consistently excluding others; a small number typically accounted for substantial fraction points. find students performed better on items testing frequently assessed standards—those...
BackgroundAbortion can help women to control their fertility and is an important component of health care for women. Although in the USA who live further from abortion clinic are less likely obtain than closer clinic, no national study has examined inequality access whether increased as number clinics declined.MethodsFor this analysis, we obtained data on 2000, 2011, 2014 Guttmacher Institute's Abortion Provider Census. Block groups percentage aged 15–44 years by census tract were US Census...
Abstract Since childbearing desires, and trends in these differ across populations, the inclusion of women who want to become pregnant denominator for unintended pregnancy rates complicates interpretation intercountry differences over time. To address this limitation, we propose a rate that is ratio number pregnancies wanting avoid pregnancy; term conditional rates. We computed five‐year periods from 1990 2019. In 2015–2019, per 1,000 year ranged 35 Western Europe 258 Middle Africa. Rates...
Background: A significant portion of premarital sexual activity is casual rather than in relationships, and commentators disagree on whether this what women prefer.
Estimates of pregnancies, abortions and pregnancy intentions can help assess how effectively women couples are able to fulfil their childbearing aspirations. Abortion incidence estimates also a necessary foundation for research on the safety performed consequences unsafe abortion. Furthermore, periodic these indicators needed inform policy programmes.We will develop Bayesian hierarchical times series model which levels trends in rates, abortion percentages pregnancies births unintended each...
This article describes life-cycle change in the sexual behavior of undergraduates “hookups” (which are outside traditional dates or relationships) during years 1–4 college, explains a decline use condoms, and shows how changes odds coitus condom depend on family background, school gender imbalance, whether partners attend same college. Coitus becomes increasingly likely as students progress through Condom-use rates, contrast, precipitously between freshman sophomore years, before...
Achieving the sexual health components of and reproductive rights as outlined in sustainable development goals (SDGs) is integral to overall physical mental well-being a core part universal coverage. However, tracking national global progress towards advancing people challenging because paucity indicators examine many its components. To assess state populations, determine service provision needs, evaluate effectiveness system interventions monitor optimizing health, comprehensive set needed...
Women's ability to control their fertility through contraception and abortion has been shown contribute improvements in education employment. At the same time, employment wages decline substantially when they transition motherhood. About one-third of births are unintended, it is unknown whether impact motherhood on employment, hours, smaller for women who planned into compared with those did not. To explore this, we examine fixed-effects models that estimate labor market outcomes using panel...
Unintended pregnancy and abortion estimates are needed to inform motivate investment in global health programmes policies. Variability the availability reliability of data poses challenges for producing estimates. We developed a Bayesian model that simultaneously incidence unintended 195 countries territories. Our modelling strategy was informed by proximate determinants fertility with (i) defined number women (grouped marital contraceptive use status) their respective rates, (ii)...