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Annabel Cincotta
Annabel is a sophomore at Wesleyan from Lexington Massachusetts double majoring in Neuroscience and Economics. She is on the field hockey and women’s lacrosse teams, and after Wesleyan, she hopes to attend medical school and become an OBGYN.
Abstract: After relationship status, parental expectations are the next most important factor for teenage women when deciding to engage in sexual behavior. This project examines the question of whether or not having a biological father influences an adolescent’s likelihood to use birth control. The participants for this study include sexually active adolescents (both male and female) from the AddHealth data set in the 1994-95 school year. The findings show that adolescents are significantly more likely to use birth control if they have a biological father and even more likely to use birth control if they have both a biological father and mother. The results can be used to find ways to decrease teen pregnancy and STD rates.
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