Family Planning

Report

Between politics and clinics -- the many faces of biomedical policy in Europe: Analysis of drivers and outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies policy -- Volume II: Three country case studies

A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK.

Journal Article

Can Assisted Reproductive Technologies Help to Offset Population Ageing?

Journal Article

Long-term Economic Benefits Attributed to IVF-conceived Children: A Lifetime Tax Calculation

Lifetime net taxes paid from a child relative to the child's initial IVF investment represent a 700% net return to the government in discounted US dollars from fully employed individuals.

Journal Article

Money In — Babies Out: Assessing the Long-Term Economic Impact of IVF Funding Policies

The authors respond to comments on their investigation of expected future tax gains to the state from children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Journal Article

Measuring Revisions to Subjective Expectations

Develops a metric for revisions to subjective expectations and proposes a survey design strategy that enables the estimation of the metric. As an application, analyzes how women update expectations about the effectiveness of contraception methods.

Journal Article

Population Constraints on Pooled Surveys in Demographic Hazard Modeling

In non-experimental research, data on the same population process may be collected simultaneously by more than one instrument.

Research Brief

Should ART be part of a population policy mix? Assessing the demographic impact of Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Details the results of a preliminary investigation into whether Assisted Reproductive Technologies can play a part in preventing European countries from falling into the low-fertility trap.

Journal Article

Can Assisted Reproductive Technologies Help to Offset Population Ageing? An Assessment of the Demographic and Economic Impact of ART in Denmark and UK

Governments worldwide are searching for ways to cope with ageing populations as the demographic shift towards fewer and later births takes hold.

Journal Article

Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women

The authors use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage growth. Male wages are unaffected by childbearing. Findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in lifetime earnings.

Report

IVF's Potential Contribution to Increasing Fertility Rates in Europe

Across Europe, birth rates are falling and family sizes shrinking. Assisted Reproductive Technology, such as In-Vitro Fertilization, could help governments combat the problem of aging populations if incorporated into population policies.

Journal Article

The New Pronatalism? The Policy Consequences of Population Ageing

This paper explores the impact on public policy of the new demographic realities in European countries.

Journal Article

African American Women and Family Planning Services: Perceptions of Discrimination

African American women may be vulnerable to prejudice within reproductive health care contexts, including family planning.

Journal Article

Sweden's Varying Success in Offsetting Low Fertility: Assessing the Role of Policy in Sweden's Fluctuating Fertility Rates

Journal Article

Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV/AIDS and Birth Control Among African Americans: Implications for the Prevention of HIV, Other STIs, and Unintended Pregnancy

Policy and programmatic implications of conspiracy beliefs for the prevention of HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancy.

Journal Article

Conspiracy Beliefs About Birth Control: Barriers to Pregnancy Prevention Among African Americans of Reproductive Age

This article examines the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about birth control (e.g., the belief that birth control is a form of Black genocide) and their association with contraceptive attitudes and behavior among African Americans.

Journal Article

An Empirical Study of Ordinal Condom Use Measures

Accurate condom use assessment is critical in sexually transmitted infection-prevention research.

Report

U.S. Public Support for Domestic Family Planning High

Americans continue expressing high levels of support for health insurance coverage of family planning services in the U.S., but support for U.S. funding of family planning and abortion services in developing countries is declining.

News Release

U.S. Public Support for Domestic Family Planning Remains High; Lags for Program Abroad

Americans continue expressing high levels of support for health insurance coverage of family planning services in the United States, but support for U.S. funding of family planning and abortion services in developing countries is declining

Report

Low Birth Rates, Aging Pose Challenges for Europe

Across Europe, birth rates are falling and the population is aging. To successfully reverse these trends, EU governments need long-term policies that address demographic change and household behaviors.

News Release

Vast Majority Of Cryopreserved Embryos Committed To Future Family Building

The first-ever definitive study of the number of embryos created in infertility clinics in the United States and then placed in frozen storage found that nearly 90 percent of the embryos are slated for future family building uses by the patients who created them.