TY - JOUR
T1 - New Jersey's family cap and welfare births
T2 - An examination of racial differences in fertility within the framework of proximate determinants
AU - Jagannathan, Radha
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded through NASA Cooperative Agreement No. NNX08BA43A (WaterSCAPES: Science of
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - New Jersey's family cap policy was designed to encourage responsible childbearing among welfare recipients by placing an economic disincentive on births conceived while the mother was receiving welfare. In this study, we use data from an experiment conducted with 8,400 women from October 1992 to December 1996 to determine which of the proximate determinants (abortion, contraception, or family planning visits) are critical in women's decisions to give birth while on welfare. We use structural equations modeling to trace the total effect of these proximate determinants on births and the indirect effect of family cap, time on welfare, mother's age, and race. Our analysis shows that length of time on welfare, family cap limitations, and mother's race are indicative of distinctive patterns of proximate determinant use.
AB - New Jersey's family cap policy was designed to encourage responsible childbearing among welfare recipients by placing an economic disincentive on births conceived while the mother was receiving welfare. In this study, we use data from an experiment conducted with 8,400 women from October 1992 to December 1996 to determine which of the proximate determinants (abortion, contraception, or family planning visits) are critical in women's decisions to give birth while on welfare. We use structural equations modeling to trace the total effect of these proximate determinants on births and the indirect effect of family cap, time on welfare, mother's age, and race. Our analysis shows that length of time on welfare, family cap limitations, and mother's race are indicative of distinctive patterns of proximate determinant use.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-9906.00166
DO - 10.1111/1467-9906.00166
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0141940588
SN - 0735-2166
VL - 25
SP - 357
EP - 376
JO - Journal of Urban Affairs
JF - Journal of Urban Affairs
IS - 3
ER -