Showing posts with label poor women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poor women. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Unintended pregnancy rates rise among poor women

According to an article in the LA Times discusses a report released by the Guttmacher Institute that showed that unintended pregnancy rates among poor women over 1994-2006 rose by 50% in that time period. Women in higher income brackets experienced a 29% fall during that time period. The study authors also wrote that "poor women who are married have unintended pregnancy rates more than twice as high as those of higher-income women who are unmarried or cohabiting."