The impact of provider availability and legal restrictions on the demand for abortions by young women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12008641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Gius (0000-0002-4772-4327, Quinnipiac University, corresponding author), Mark Paul Gius (Quinnipiac University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-506 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.soscij.2007.07.015 |
| OpenAlex | W2092020388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
The purpose of the present study is to determine the factors that affect the abortion decision at the individual level. Using individual-level data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and state-level data on abortion providers and legal restrictions on abortions, results suggest that legal restrictions had no statistically significant effects on the abortion decision, but that the number of per capita abortion providers does affect the decision whether or not to abort a fetus. Socioeconomic characteristics, such as age and race, also have effects on the abortion decision. Notes1 It is important to note that data and information on abortion varies widely depending upon the source. For example, pro-life advocates usually state that few states had legalized abortion prior to Roe, while pro-choice advocates say the opposite. For that reason, I have limited my sources of information to academic publications and government agencies, in addition to nongovernment organizations that many researchers have used in the past, such as the Alan Guttmacher Institute.2 One potential problem with the estimation of Eq. (Equation1(1) Y=a1 AGE+a2 URBAN+a3 CATHOLIC+a4 BAPTIST+a5 WHITE+a6 NOHS+a7 PROV+a8 MED+a9 INFORM+a10 PART+a11 YEAR+u(1) ) is the possible endogeneity of PROV. It is possible that, instead of the number of abortion providers having an affect on the abortion decision, the demand for abortions in a particular state may actually have an affect on the number of abortion providers in that state. For example, if there is greater demand for abortions in New York than in North Carolina, then more abortion providers will move to New York and leave North Carolina. In order to test for this possibility, a Wu-Hausman test of endogeneity was performed; this test indicated that PROV was not an endogenous variable. In addition, many prior studies have used explanatory variables similar to PROV in their abortion demand estimations, and none have found or assumed that abortion provider was an endogenous variable
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |