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Title: Effects of Child Support Enforcement on Pregnancy Intention
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Huang, Chien-Chung |
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Effects of Child Support Enforcement on Pregnancy Intention Presented: Atlanta, GA, APPAM Annual Research Conference, October 2004. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Child Support; Fathers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Most previous studies on teenage fertility behaviors (e.g. pregnancy intention, contraceptive use, pregnancy, and births) have focused only on young women's beliefs, knowledge and behaviors and varying state welfare environments. Much of these studies fail to fully recognize the role of men in these relationships or to assess how government policies might affect men's behavior. Particularly lacking is any exploration of how government's inability to establish paternity and collect child support may contribute to men's failure to take responsibility for fertility and sexual activity. If young men realize that fathering a child incurs a financial obligation that lasts for up to eighteen years, they may be more likely to take responsibility in sexual behaviors (e.g. using contraception or reducing sexual activity). In turn, unintended pregnancies and teenage births may be reduced. That is, child support enforcement could be an important factor in preventing unintended pregnancy. However, this fundamentally empirical question has been left unanswered. This is the purpose of this project: to examine the effects of child support enforcement on intention of pregnancy? The data are based on the 1983 to 2000 waves of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). As the first study to examine specifically the effects of child support enforcement on youth pregnancy intention, the findings from this study fill an important gap in our knowledge about the impact of child support enforcement, particularly on young men's behavior. The findings will prove useful in shaping a public policy response that incorporates the realities of youth fertility and sexual activity. |
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Bibliography Citation
Huang, Chien-Chung. "Effects of Child Support Enforcement on Pregnancy Intention." Presented: Atlanta, GA, APPAM Annual Research Conference, October 2004. |