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Estimating Family Planning Program Effects on U.S. Fertility Rates

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  • Phillips Cutright

    (Indiana University)

  • Frederick S. Jaffe

    (The Alan Guttmacher Institute)

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By linking 1968-1969 family planning enrollment statistics to 1970 Census county-level data, we test for program effects on the 1969-1970fertility ofsubgroups of women defined by age, race, marital status, two definitions of economic status, and, for whites, the racial composition of their area of residence. A multivariate model to control spurious program effects is developed for wives. The pattern of effects using multiple subgroup comparison provides a weight of evidence indicating significant reductions of marital fertility among low-SES wives served by the program, and no effects on groups not served.

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  • Phillips Cutright & Frederick S. Jaffe, 1977. "Estimating Family Planning Program Effects on U.S. Fertility Rates," Evaluation Review, , vol. 1(3), pages 381-398, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:1:y:1977:i:3:p:381-398
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X7700100302
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