An Economic Approach to Abortion Demand
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Economist
- Vol. 36 (1) , 53-64
- https://doi.org/10.1177/056943459203600109
Abstract
This paper uses econometric multiple regression techniques in order to analyze the socioeconomic factors affecting the demand for abortion for the year 1985. A cross-section of the 50 states and Washington D.C. is examined and a household choice theoretical framework is utilized. The results suggest that average price of abortion, disposable personal per capita income, percentage of single women, whether abortions are state funded, unemployment rate, divorce rate, and if the state is located in the far West, are statistically significant factors in the determination of the demand for abortion.Keywords
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