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Title: Local Access to Family Planning Services and Female High School Dropout Rates
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2016
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DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001344
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess whether geographic access to family planning services is associated with a reduced female high school dropout rate. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study. We merged the location of Planned Parenthood and Title X clinics with microdata from the 2012–2013 American Community Surveys. The association between female high school dropout rates and local clinic access was assessed using nearest-neighbor matching estimation. Models included various covariates to account for sociodemographic differences across communities and male high school dropout rates to account for unmeasured community characteristics affecting educational outcomes. RESULTS: Our sample included 284,910 16- to 22-year-old females. The presence of a Planned Parenthood clinic was associated with a decrease (4.08% compared with 4.83%; relative risk ratio 0.84, P<.001) in female high school dropout rates. This association was consistent across several model specifications. The presence of a Title X clinic was associated with a decrease (4.79% compared with 5.07%; relative risk ratio 0.94, P=.03) in female high school dropout rates, an association that did not remain significant across model specifications. CONCLUSION: Local access to Planned Parenthood is associated with lower high school dropout rates in young women.
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Authors: Hicks-Courant, Katherine; Schwartz, Aaron L.
Periodical (Full): Obstetrics & Gynecology
Issue: 4
Volume: 127
Pages: 699-705
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Gender
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