Greater access to birth control leads to higher graduation rates
2 institutional releases
Published in Journal of Mathematical Sciences Advances and Applications · View the paper (DOI)
A new study published in Science Advances found that increased access to birth control in Colorado led to a 14% decrease in the percentage of young women who left high school before graduating. The program, which expanded access to more forms of contraception, also showed improvements in graduation rates among Hispanic women.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Greater access to birth control leads to higher graduation rates University of Colorado at Boulder · May 5, 2021 · first to report
- Expanded contraception access led to higher graduation rates for young women in Colorado American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · May 5, 2021