This study uses an economic model of fertility control to estimate the demand for abortions. The results show that the fundamen tal law of demand holds for abortions, with the price elasticity of d emand equal to A0.81. Abortions are a normal good with an income elas ticity of demand equal to 0.79. The demand for abortions is also posi tively related to the labor force participation of women and to being unmarried. Catholic religion, education, and the poverty status of w omen were found to have no statistically significant impact on the de mand for abortions. Copyright 1988 by Oxford University Press.
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Volume (Year): 26 (1988) Issue (Month): 2 (April) Pages: 353-59 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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