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Expanded Contraceptive Access Increased Women’s College Completion in Colorado
Expanded Contraceptive Access Increased Women’s College Completion in Colorado
Working Paper Number ADEP-WP-2022-01
Abstract
Public subsidies for contraception are often justified by claims regarding their benefits for women’s lives, yet there is limited contemporary evidence supporting these arguments. Beginning in 2009 the Colorado Family Planning Initiative abruptly expanded access to the full range of contraceptive methods through Colorado’s Title X family planning clinics. Using eleven years of American Community Survey data linked to decennial censuses, we assessed whether exposure to the program led to improvements in women’s college completion. Exposure to the Colorado Family Planning Initiative at high school ages was associated with a 1.8–3.5- percentage-point population-level increase in women’s on-time bachelor’s degree completion, which represents a 6–12 percent increase in women obtaining their degrees compared with earlier cohorts. Federal and state policies restricting or expanding access to the full range of contraceptive methods can affect women’s attainment of higher education in addition to their reproductive health.
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