A Cautionary Tale About the Use of Administrative Data: Evidence from Age of Marriage Laws

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M Blank ◽  
Kerwin Kofi Charles ◽  
James M Sallee
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Retrospective Reports ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Marriage Laws ◽  
Age Of Marriage

This paper demonstrates that administrative data may be inferior to survey data under particular circumstances. We examine the effect of state laws governing the minimum age of marriage in the United States. The estimated effects of these laws are much smaller when based on retrospective reports from census versus administrative records from Vital Statistics data. This discrepancy appears due to systematic avoidance behavior of two kinds. Some young people marry in states with less restrictive laws; others appear to have misrepresented their age on their marriage certificate. Our results have important implications regarding legal avoidance and the use of administrative data. (JEL J12 K36)

scholarly journals When Do Laws Matter? National Minimum-Age-of-Marriage Laws, Child Rights, and Adolescent Fertility, 1989-2007

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minzee Kim ◽  
Wesley Longhofer ◽  
Elizabeth Heger Boyle ◽  
Hollie Nyseth Brehm
Keyword(s):  
Child Rights ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Adolescent Fertility ◽  
Marriage Laws ◽  
Age Of Marriage

The Impact of Midwifery-Promoting Public Policies on Medical Interventions and Health Outcomes

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia R Miller
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Medical Interventions ◽  
Unobserved Preferences ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper measures the impact of midwifery-promoting public policies on maternity care in the United States, using national Vital Statistics data on births spanning 1989-1999. State laws mandating insurance coverage of midwifery services are associated with an 18-percentage rise in midwife-attended births. The laws did not decrease rates of cesarean deliveries or lead to consistent effects on maternal mortality or Apgar scores. They did, however, lead to a statistically significant drop in neonatal deaths. Divergence between OLS and natural experiment estimates suggests that women are selecting into provider groups based on unobserved preferences and health.

Different and Not Equal:The Uneven Association of Race, Poverty, and Abortion Laws on Abortion Timing

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa L Solazzo
Keyword(s):  
White Women ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Patient Survey ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Abortion Laws ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Waiting Periods

AbstractThe number of regulations surrounding abortion has increased drastically in recent years. It is important to assess how these laws relate to abortion timing, since the cost, safety, and accessibility of abortion varies by how many weeks pregnant a woman is when the procedure occurs. Research examining how state laws relate to abortion timing generally use rates or data from vital statistics; while informative, such methods do not allow researchers to examine how these laws may be disproportionately associated with abortion timing among select groups of women, including poor and nonwhite women. To fill this research gap, I analyze data from the nationally representative 2008 Abortion Patient Survey, with appended information on state laws regarding abortion in 2008. I find that laws requiring second trimester abortions be performed in a hospital and both in-person counselling and waiting periods have different associations with abortion timing based on race and income-to-poverty status. Predicted abortion timing for black and Hispanic women differs based on state laws and their income-to-poverty status, while for white women, models show that the association between state laws and abortion timing is not dependent on their income-to-poverty status. Overall, this research illustrates the relevance of state-level abortion laws for shaping abortion timing among women, highlighting how these relationships differ across racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States.

Historisitas dan Tujuan Aturan Umur Minimal Perkawinan dalam Perundang-Undangan Keluarga Islam di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-177
Author(s):  
Nur Wahid
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Premature Births ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Psychological Maturity ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Age Of Marriage

This paper examines the minimum age requirement for marriage in Indonesian family law legislation in Indonesia historically. Determination of the minimum age for marriage in various countries is the result of ijtihad by considering the principle of physical and psychological maturity. In Indonesian marriage legislation sating that marriage is only permitted if the man reaches the age of 19 (nineteen) years and the woman has reached 16 (sixteen) years. Early marriage has several risks such as potential premature births, birth defects, maternal depression rates, maternal mortality rates, risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, the authors strongly agree that the minimum age of marriage in Indonesia changed to 19 years

scholarly journals Black-white disparities in 2009 H1N1 vaccination among adults in the United States: A cautionary tale for the COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 943-951
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Burger ◽  
Eric N. Reither ◽  
Svenn-Erik Mamelund ◽  
Sojung Lim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
2009 H1n1

scholarly journals A Network Approach for the Study of Drug Prescriptions: Analysis of Administrative Records from a Local Health Unit (ASL TO4, Regione Piemonte, Italy)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4859
Author(s):  
Gianluca Miglio ◽  
Lara Basso ◽  
Lucrezia G. Armando ◽  
Sara Traina ◽  
Elisa Benetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical ◽  
Drug Prescription ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Prescription Data ◽  
Health Unit ◽  
Local Health Unit ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Edge Linking ◽  
Novel Approach

In a Drug Prescription Network (DPN), each drug is represented as a node and two drugs co-prescribed to the same patient are represented as an edge linking the nodes. The use of DPNs is a novel approach that has been proposed as a means to study the complexity of drug prescription. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the analytical power of the DPN-based approach when it is applied to the analysis of administrative data. Drug prescription data that were collected at a local health unit (ASL TO4, Regione Piemonte, Italy), over a 12-month period (July 2018–June 2019), were used to create several DPNs that correspond to the five levels of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system. A total of 5,431,335 drugs prescribed to 361,574 patients (age 0–100 years; 54.7% females) were analysed. As indicated by our results, the DPNs were dense networks, with giant components that contain all nodes. The disassortative mixing of node degrees was observed, which implies that non-random connectivity exists in the networks. Network-based methods have proven to be a flexible and efficient approach to the analysis of administrative data on drug prescription.

PUBLIC HEALTH

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-347
Author(s):  
George M. Wheatley ◽  
Stephen A. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
United States Public Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Number Of Children

IN ALL COUNTRIES for which there are vital statistics, accidents are a major cause of death and disability among children. In countries where the food supply is adequate and infectious diseases have been brought under control, accidents have become the leading cause of death in the age group 1 to 19 years. For example, in such countries as Australia, Canada, Sweden, West Germany, and the United States, more than one-third of all deaths in this age group are caused by accidents. The number of children who are injured by accidents fan exceeds the number who are killed. Although no accurate international figures are available, the Morbidity Survey conducted by the United States Public Health Service indicates that in the United States, for every child under 15 killed by accident, 1,100 children are injured severely enough to require medical attention or to be restricted in their activity for at least a day.

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