Do parental involvement laws deter risky teen sex?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 873-880

  Colman, Silvie ^a   Dee, Thomas S ^b   Joyce, Ted ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Minors; Parental involvement law; Risky sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCE MODEL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LAW; METHODOLOGY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LAW; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PILL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

CHLAMYDIA;

I18; J13; MINORS; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LAW; RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880965094     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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