A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Kristine Hopkins, Celia Hubert, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kari White, Daniel Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction Female community college students who have a child while in college are 65% more likely to drop out than those who […]
Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Kari White, Daniel Grossman, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction A substantial gap exists between the scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of abortion in the United States and public opinion about abortion safety. For example, […]
Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
A Brief Report Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Letícia J. Marteleto, Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Zanatta Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro Alves Introduction The epidemic caused by the Zika virus has been a major public health shock for Brazil, particularly for reproductive-age women. The virus is transmitted via mosquito, […]
Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
A Brief Report Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Abigail Weitzman Introduction Maternal mortality in Peru declined over 70 percent between 1990 and 2015, from approximately 250 deaths per 100,000 live births to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. Women’s education levels simultaneously rose over the same period. […]
Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
A Brief Report Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Daniel Grossman, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction In 2013, the Texas legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2, a law that restricted access to medication abortion, banned abortions after 20 weeks “post-fertilization,” required doctors who provided abortions […]
Topics of Expertise: Feminism & Families / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
What do you plan to give your valentine this February 14 – a bouquet of flowers, a heart-shaped box of chocolates, a candlelit dinner? Have you considered the gift that keeps on giving — a sexually transmitted infection? Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are infections that result from the transmission of certain bacteria or viruses […]
Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
By AnneMarie Murdock Research Intern Council on Contemporary Families Recent trends in U.S. sexual education and reproductive health policies threaten to jeopardize the significant progress made during the 1980s and 1990s in improving teen sexual health domestically and HIV/STD infection rates, unwanted pregnancies, and reproductive health care worldwide. The issue of sex education and […]
Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Health Care / Reproductive Health / Singles & Dating
