000000707 001__ 707 000000707 005__ 20260130124939.0 000000707 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M4CR5RCR 000000707 037__ $$aETD 000000707 245__ $$aThe relationship between birthrates of American minors and parental involvement laws for abortion services using CDC birth data 2000-2006 000000707 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University 000000707 269__ $$a2011 000000707 336__ $$aThesis 000000707 502__ $$bM.P.H. 000000707 520__ $$aThis study examined whether state parental involvement laws were associated with changes in minors’ birth rates from 2000 to 2006. Using CDC state‑level birth data and random‑effects regression models, we assessed overall and race‑specific trends while controlling for key reproductive health policies. Birth rates declined significantly for white and Black minors but not for Hispanic minors. Across all models, parental involvement laws showed no significant relationship with changes in minors’ birth rates. Instead, factors such as state religiosity, lack of abortion providers, and high school dropout rates were stronger predictors. These findings suggest parental involvement laws do not reduce teen births, and prevention efforts may be better directed elsewhere. 000000707 540__ $$fCC BY 000000707 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner 000000707 650__ $$aMinors$$034466 000000707 650__ $$aParental Consent$$034470 000000707 650__ $$aAdolescent$$014285 000000707 650__ $$aBirth Rate$$015599 000000707 650__ $$aCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.$$016311 000000707 650__ $$aStudent Dropouts$$026487 000000707 650__ $$aReproductive Health$$039784 000000707 650__ $$aAbortion, Induced$$011020 000000707 6531_ $$alegislation and jurisprudence 000000707 6531_ $$achildbirth 000000707 6531_ $$aabortion services, statistics 000000707 6531_ $$alaw and legislation 000000707 6531_ $$aconsent 000000707 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369 000000707 692__ $$aDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine$$041444 000000707 7001_ $$aBotha, Rosanne$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354 000000707 8564_ $$945e990f4-54dc-48d4-80c4-1a3d04d1a064$$s1296531$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/707/files/709_etd.pdf$$ePublic$$2eb242f78c526504d9f86fb65a89354fc$$31 000000707 905__ $$a/rest/prod/m6/13/mx/58/m613mx58n 000000707 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:707$$pstudent-work 000000707 956__ $$aGet Accessible Copy$$uhttps://ohsu.libwizard.com/f/requestaccessibledocument 000000707 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations