"Momma's got the pill": How anthony comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut shaped US childbearing

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-129

  Bailey, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTRACEPTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SPOUSE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COMMERCE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SPOUSES; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952369667     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.1.98     Document Type: Article

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