Who Is Financially Constrained in Their Choice of Contraceptive Method? Lessons from M-CARES

Martha Bailey, Lea Bart, Alexa Prettyman, Vanessa Wanner Lang and Vanessa Dalton

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, vol. 114, 442-48

Abstract: The Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES) is a randomized control trial that examines how financial constraints affect the choice of contraceptives among uninsured individuals. Although all M-CARES participants are highly financially constrained, these constraints are more binding in some subgroups. Black women, women with less than a high school degree, and women with incomes above 250 percent of the federal poverty line are less financially constrained, whereas married women and those with three or more children are more financially constrained. A mediation analysis shows that attitudes and beliefs about contraception do not explain this heterogeneity across groups.

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Date: 2024
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