Contraceptive supply and fertility outcomes: evidence from Ghana

Kelly Jones

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Abstract: Total fertility rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are nearly double that of any other region in the world. Evidence is mixed on whether providing contraceptives has an impact on fertility. I exploit exogenous, intermittent reductions in contraceptive supply in Ghana, resulting from cuts in U.S. funding, to examine impacts on pregnancy, abortion, and births. Women are unable to fully compensate for the 22% supply reduction using traditional methods for preventing pregnancy, which increases by 10%. Only non-poor women offset these unwanted pregnancies with induced abortion. Using separate data, I find that poor women experience increases in realized fertility of 7-10%.

Keywords: fertility; contraception; abortion; foreign aid; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 I15 J13 O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Evaluating the Mexico city policy: How US foreign policy affects fertility outcomes and child health in Ghana (2011)
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