Quantum mechanics

Demography

Long-acting reversible contraception

Economics

Power (physics)

Environmental health

Physics

Family planning

Developed country

Demographic economics

Fertility

Population

Family medicine

Sociology

Medicine

Research methodology

Journal of Public Economics

We estimate the effect of Colorado's Family Planning Initiative, which provided funds to Title X clinics to offer long-acting reversible contraceptives to low-income women. We find substantial effects on childbearing, concentrated among women in zip codes within 7 miles of clinics: the initiative reduced births by approximately 20% for 15–19 year olds. We also estimate effects of extensive media coverage in 2014 and 2015, and find a substantial increase in LARC insertions, extended effects on births among 15–17 year olds living greater than 7 miles from clinics, and significant reductions in births among 20–24 and 25–29 year olds.

The power of the IUD: Effects of expanding access to contraception through Title X clinics