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Source: Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, CUNY
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Joyce, Theodore J. Kaestner, Robert Korenman, Sanders D. |
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On the Validity of Retrospective Assessments of Pregnancy Intention NBER Working Paper, Baruch College, New York, NY and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 2000 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, CUNY Keyword(s): Birthweight; Breastfeeding; Childbearing; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Fertility; Methods/Methodology; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Information on pregnancy intention is often gathered retrospectively (after the birth of the child). This paper investigated whether retrospective assessment of pregnancy intention leads to biased estimates of the consequences or extent of unintended fertility. Comparison is made between pregnancy intentions ascertained during pregnancy or after birth in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Such comparisons are found to be biased by selective recognition or acknowledgement or pregnancy. The longitudinal feature of the data is used to determine actual pregnancy status at interview, which in turn is used as an instrumental variable for prospective (versus retrospective) reporting of pregnancy intention. After correction for selective pregnancy recognition, there is no evidence that retrospective assessment of pregnancy intention produces misleading estimates of either the number of the consequences of unintended births. This finding is supported by additional analysis of a small subsample for which pregnancy intention information was collected both during pregnancy and after delivery. |
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Joyce, Theodore J., Robert Kaestner and Sanders D. Korenman. "On the Validity of Retrospective Assessments of Pregnancy Intention." NBER Working Paper, Baruch College, New York, NY and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 2000. |