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. 2008 Nov;45(4):817–827. doi: 10.1353/dem.0.0026

Table 1.

Number of States With Minor Access, by Age of Minor and Year Giving Birth

Year Age Access Measure
 Year Age Access Measure
Pill Abortion Both Pill Abortion Both
1968 15 3 0 0 1972 15 14 3 0
1968 16 3 0 0 1972 16 16 3 0
1968 17 3 0 0 1972 17 16 4 1
1968 18 7 0 0 1972 18 32 7 5
1968 19 8 0 0 1972 19 35 7 6
1968 20 9 0 0 1972 20 37 7 6
1968 21 51 0 0 1972 21 51 7 7
1969 15 4 0 0 1973 15 17 14 8
1969 16 4 0 0 1973 16 20 14 9
1969 17 4 0 0 1973 17 20 15 10
1969 18 9 0 0 1973 18 43 42 38
1969 19 10 0 0 1973 19 46 44 42
1969 20 11 0 0 1973 20 46 44 42
1969 21 51 0 0 1973 21 51 51 51
1970 15 6 1 0 1974 15 17 17 8
1970 16 7 1 0 1974 16 20 18 10
1970 17 7 1 0 1974 17 20 19 11
1970 18 13 1 0 1974 18 49 48 47
1970 19 14 1 0 1974 19 51 50 50
1970 20 17 1 1 1974 20 51 50 50
1970 21 51 2 2 1974 21 51 51 51
1971 15 6 2 0 1975 15 21 22 12
1971 16 7 2 0 1975 16 24 23 14
1971 17 7 3 0 1975 17 24 24 15
1971 18 13 5 0 1975 18 50 49 49
1971 19 15 5 2 1975 19 51 51 51
1971 20 17 5 2 1975 20 51 51 51
1971 21 51 5 5 1975 21 51 51 51
1976 15 26 26 17 1977 19 51 51 51
1976 16 28 27 19 1977 20 51 51 51
1976 17 28 28 20 1977 21 51 51 51
1976 18 50 50 49 1978 15 27 35 19
1976 19 51 51 51 1978 16 29 35 21
1976 20 51 51 51 1978 17 29 36 22
1976 21 51 51 51 1978 18 50 50 49
1977 15 27 35 20 1978 19 51 51 51
1977 16 29 35 22 1978 20 51 51 51
1977 17 29 36 23 1978 21 51 51 51
1977 18 50 50 49

Notes: Number of states that would have allowed a minor mother giving birth at age a access to the Pill at the time of pregnancy or to abortion within the first three months of pregnancy. Minors acquire access when state laws enable them to obtain an abortion or the Pill without parental involvement. Across data sources, there is sometimes disagreement with regard to laws governing minor access. When this is the case, I use the age that is most consistent across sources. This necessarily results in some mismatch relative to other articles using similar policy variables. If no specific access age is given in the data source or if the minimum falls below age 14, I code the age as 14 because this is the youngest age in the data I use.