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Title: AIDing Contraception: HIV and Recent Trends in Abortion

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: Using a difference-in-differences estimation framework and state-level data, we investigate the potential role of HIV/AIDS in contributing to declining abortion utilization in the United States. Our results suggest that the perceived risk of HIV contraction negatively affected unwanted pregnancies. Specifically, a 10% increase in HIV incidence is associated with 0.341.1% fewer abortions per live births, an effect that can account for at least one-tenth of the sharp decline in abortions observed from the early 1980s to mid-1990s.

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Authors: Hussey, Andrew; Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, Alex; Walker, Jay

Periodical (Full): Applied Economics

Issue: 15

Volume: 46

Pages: 1788-1803

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Fertility and Mortality, Other

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