Subjective Expectations and Demand for Contraception

Grant Miller, Aureo de Paula and Christine Valente

No 27271, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: One-quarter of married, fertile-age women in Sub-Saharan Africa report not wanting a pregnancy and yet do not practice contraception. We collect detailed data on the subjective beliefs of married, adult women not wanting a pregnancy and estimate a structural model of contraceptive choices. Both our structural model and a validation exercise using an exogenous shock to beliefs show that correcting women’s beliefs about pregnancy risk absent contraception can increase use considerably. Our structural estimates further indicate that costly interventions like eliminating supply constraints would only modestly increase contraceptive use, while confirming the importance of partners’ preferences highlighted in related literature.

JEL-codes: D83 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-05
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