The Interplay of Having an Abortion, Relationship Satisfaction, and Union Dissolution

This study researches the associations between having an abortion, relationship satisfaction, and union dissolution. Empirical evidence on this topic is scarce, there a pronounced lack of studies analysing longitudinal data: Most previous have used data from women recruited abortion clinics who are about to undergo therefore do not incorporate prospective measure satisfaction pre-pregnancy. Panel studies, other hand, collect various topics allow for estimation more advanced models that can help identify causal mechanisms. Using German Family pairfam in combination with pooled logistic regressions, discrete-time event history models, as well fixed effects regression compares relationships up nine years before had eight afterwards. The findings analyses neither confirm acts confounding factor influences both likelihood terminating pregnancy dissolution, nor mediating A negative effect appears be only temporary. In year decreases slightly. following years, significant difference pre-abortion no longer visible. By using panel data, temporal order events retraced, resulting discovery dissolution change drastically values after abortion.
 * article belongs special issue "Identification mechanisms demographic research: contribution data".