Replication data for: Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on US Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X
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Project Citation:
Bailey, Martha J. Replication data for: Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on US Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113821V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Almost 50 years after domestic US family planning programs began, their effects on childbearing remain controversial. Using the county-level
roll-out of these programs from 1964 to 1973, this paper reevaluates their shorter and longer term effects on US fertility rates. I find that the introduction of family planning is associated with significant and persistent reductions in fertility driven both by falling completed childbearing and childbearing delay. Although federally funded family planning accounted for a small portion of the post-baby boom US fertility decline, my estimates imply that they reduced childbearing among poor women by 19 to 30 percent. (JEL I38, J12, J13, J18)
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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fertility family planning war on poverty
JEL Classification:
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I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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1959 – 1988
Universe:
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All births by county of occurence Family planning grant by date of first occurence and county of service delivery
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Methodology
Data Source:
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The data for 1959 to 1967 were double-entered from published volumes of the Vital Statistics Division of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS, formerly the National Office of Vital Statistics). These records were compiled by Vital Statistics using microfilm copies of transcripts or state data files of all original birth certificates sent by states to the NCHS. All births are classified according to the place of residence of the mother. Data for the years 1959-1966 are based on a 50 percent sample consisting of only the even-numbered live birth records. The data for 1967 are based on a 20 percent to 50 percent sample (depending upon the state). The NCHS generated the published counts by multiplying the samples by two in the case of a 50 percent sample and five in the case of a 20 percent sample. The data for 1968 to 1988 were taken from NCHS Natality Detail Files (ICPSR Study Numbers 3241, 3242, 3244, 3243, 3245, 3246, 3247, 3248, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3304, 3305, 3307, 3327, 3308, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3312, and 6651). The files contain information entered from individual birth certificates during each calendar year. Data for the years 1968 to 1971 are based on a 50 percent sample. All births are classified according to the place of residence of the mother or according to the place of occurrence of the birth. Births to Americans outside of the United States are not recorded in these data, although births to foreigners in the United States are recorded and assigned to the county of occurrence. Race information was aggregated into county of residence categories to match the pre-1968 data. See paper data appendix for detailed information about coding choices, boundary changes, and other decisions regarding data anomalies.
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US county,
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