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Could We Level the Playing Field? Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Nonmarital Fertility, and Poverty in the United States

Lawrence L. Wu, Nicholas D. E. Mark
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2018, 4 (3) 144-166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.08
Lawrence L. Wu
aProfessor of sociology and director of the NYU Population Center at New York University, Department of Sociology, New York University, Puck Building, 4th Floor, 295 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012
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Nicholas D. E. Mark
bPhD candidate in sociology at New York University
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Feb 2018, 4 (3) 144-166; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.08

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Feb 2018, 4 (3) 144-166; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.08
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    • BACKGROUND
    • FERTILITY-RELATED BEHAVIORS AND PAST POLICY
    • A POLICY PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT, AND NO-COST ACCESS TO, A RANGE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
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  • nonmarital fertility
  • unintended pregnancies and births
  • long-acting reversible contraceptives
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  • poverty reduction

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