Project Director

Murray, Sheena

Department Examiner

Brown, Leanora

Department

Dept. of Economics

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This paper reviews the literature on the risks and costs of motherhood. The paper compares and analyzes various studies conducted between 1990 and 2023 relating to family planning, pregnancy, and maternal health in America. Changes in healthcare legislation and policies, as well as access to contraception and abortion, have all had an impact on the economic costs of pregnancy and motherhood. These changes emphasize the importance of better understanding the economic costs of pregnancy and motherhood in all its stages— from timing pregnancy to recovering from pregnancy and birth and experiencing childrearing costs. When analyzing previous studies, I discovered that many were conducted using effective methodology on noisy data and should be revisited with more recent and updated data. Nevertheless, even after reviewing the results of these studies, the risks and economic consequences of motherhood in the post-Roe United States remain substantial and should be thoroughly examined and understood.

Degree

B. S.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science.

Date

5-2024

Subject

Family planning--Economic aspects--United States; Maternal health services--Law and legislation; Motherhood--Economic aspects--United States; Pregnancy--Economic aspects--United States; Women--Health and hygiene--Economic aspects--United States

Keyword

Economics; Motherhood; Pregnancy; Abortion; Roe v. Wade; Contraception

Discipline

Health Economics

Document Type

Theses

Extent

ii, 44 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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