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The Demand for Abortion by Unmarried Teenagers
Author(s) -
King Randall H,
Myers Steven C,
Byrne Dennis M
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1992.tb03349.x
Subject(s) - abort , abortion , poverty , religiosity , unemployment , ethnic group , national longitudinal surveys , marital status , pregnancy , socioeconomic status , economics , demographic economics , demography , psychology , sociology , population , economic growth , social psychology , genetics , computer science , anthropology , biology , operating system
A bstract A demand model was developed and applied to a nationally representative sample of unmarried, pregnant teenagers drawn from the National Longitudinal Surveys in order to identify the economic determinants of abortion Measures of the opportunity costs of pregnancy were found to play a major role in the individual's decision to give birth or to abort Economic variables in the analysis included predicted wages , local area unemployment rates, other family income, poverty status, and school enrollment status Other factors found to be significant were age, ethnicity , and religiosity In general, young women in favorable economic circumstances were substantially more likely than others to abort a pregnancy