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Estimating Prevalence of Abortion Using List Experiments: Findings from a Survey of Women in Delaware and Maryland.
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- Combining the list-experiment and direct question to improve estimation of abortion incidence.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Desire for Sterilization Reversal in Delaware, US: The Roles of LARC Use, Personal Abortion Acceptability, and Economic Disadvantage.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2025Article
- Changes in contraceptive method use, access, and experiences of care during a statewide contraceptive initiative.Contraception · 2025Article
- Addressing Abortion Underreporting in Surveys with the List Experiment: Lifetime and Five-Year Abortion Incidence with Multivariate Estimation of Socio-demographic Associations in two U.S. States.Population research and policy review · 2025Article
- Lifetime abortion incidence when abortion care is covered by Medicaid: Maryland versus five comparison states.Health services research · 2024Article
- Improving abortion underreporting in the USA: a cognitive interview study.Culture, health & sexuality · 2023Article
- Randomized experimental testing of new survey approaches to improve abortion reporting in the United States.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2022Article
- Comparison of abortion incidence estimates derived from direct survey questions versus the list experiment among women in Ohio.PloS one · 2022Article
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backgroundWidespread underreporting of abortion persists in survey data. The list experiment, a measurement tool designed to elicit truthful responses to sensitive questions, may alleviate underreporting.
methodsUsing The Statewide Survey of Women of Reproductive Age in Delaware and Maryland (n = 2,747), we estimate the prevalence of abortion in Maryland and Delaware using a double list experiment.
resultsWe find 21% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 16.8%-25.3%) of respondents aged 18 to 44 ever had an abortion and we identify disparities in abortion prevalence by age, race, education, income, marital status, and insurance status. Respondents who were Black (37.0%; 95% CI: 27.1%-46.8%), had less than a college degree (24.8%; 95% CI: 18.3%-31.3%), were in a cohabiting relationship (39.0%; 95% CI: 29.1%-48.9%), were living in households with incomes less than $50,000 (28.6%; 95% CI: 19.7%-37.5%), and were currently covered by Medicaid (42.8%; 95% CI: 27.6%-58.0%) were more likely than their counterparts to have ever had an abortion.
conclusionsList experiments yield estimates of abortion substantially higher than those obtained from direct questions. Findings demonstrate external validity through consistency with estimates from administrative data sources and gold standard abortion provider survey data.
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