Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ409765
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Adolescent Childbearing in New York City.
Joyce, Theodore J.; Mocan, Naci H.
American Journal of Public Health, v80 n3 p273-78 Mar 1990
Estimates impact of liberalization of New York State abortion law in 1970 on adolescent childbearing in New York City. Analyzes monthly data on number of births to White and Black adolescents from 1963-87. Findings indicate that level of births to Black adolescents fell 18.7 percent and births to White adolescents fell 14.1 percent after the law became effective. (JS)
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Blacks, Early Parenthood, Incidence, Pregnancy, State Legislation, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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