Publication type
Journal Article
Author
Publication date
June 1, 2008
Summary:
When choosing a contraception method, women base their decisions on
their subjective expectations about the realizations of method-related
outcomes. Examples of outcomes include getting pregnant and contracting a
sexually transmitted disease (STD). I combine innovative data on
probabilistic expectations with observed contraceptive choices to
estimate a random utility model of birth control choice. The
availability of expectations data is essential to identify preferences
from beliefs. Effectiveness, protection against STDs, and partner's
disapproval are found to be the most important factors in the decision
process. The elicited expectations and inferred preference parameters
are used to simulate the impact of various policies.
Published in
International Economic Review
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 49 , p.999 -1
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00504.x
ISSN
206598
Subjects
Notes
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