@misc{ab35a123-5bbe-4a09-b658-6f7c067352a1,
  abstract     = {{This study investigates the association between individual-level characteristics and the risk of<br/>having an unmet need for contraception in the United States between 2002 and 2017 for women<br/>who were sexually active, not pregnant or postpartum, fecund, and wanted no more children.<br/>Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth, logistic regression models are used to<br/>estimate the association between demographic, socioeconomic, and reproductive characteristics<br/>and the probability of having an unmet need for any contraception and for modern methods. The<br/>results show that 6.8% of the women at risk did not use any form of contraception and 12.1% did<br/>not use any modern method. Women who were black, Catholic, insured by Medicaid or<br/>uninsured, nulliparous, and who had not used contraception at their first sex had the greatest<br/>odds of having an unmet need, suggesting that specific groups are disproportionately vulnerable<br/>to unwanted pregnancy in the United States.}},
  author       = {{Molitoris, Joseph}},
  keywords     = {{Unmet need; contraception; inequality; United States}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{2019:6}},
  series       = {{Lund Papers in Economic Demography}},
  title        = {{Factors Associated with an Unmet Need for Contraception in the United States, 2002-2017}},
  url          = {{https://www.lusem.lu.se/sites/lusem.lu.se/files/2026-06/LPED_2019_6.pdf}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}