The effects of economic conditions and access to reproductive health services on state abortion rates and birthrates

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 52-60

  Matthews, Stephen ^a   Ribar, David ^b   Wilhelm, Mark ^c  

^a Population Research Institute   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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