RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Non-marital and Teen Fertility and Contraception During the Great Recession
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 126
OP 144
DO 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.06
VO 3
IS 3
A1 Daniel Schneider
YR 2017
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/3/126.abstract
AB I examine the effects of the Great Recession on non-marital and teen births. The Recession could have led to reductions in non-marital and teen fertility or the Recession could have had null effects if non-marital and teen fertility are disconnected from economic factors. Using a panel of state-level fertility and economic data, I find that worse macro-economic conditions are associated with lower rates of non-marital and teen fertility. I next analyzed data from the National Survey of Family Growth and find that worsening macro-economic conditions at the national level raise the probability of contraceptive use, of consistent contraceptive use, and of the efficacy of the contraceptive method employed among unmarried women. The results suggest that disadvantaged women moderate fertility in response to severe economic shocks.