The Collision of Global Scripts with Local Constraints: Education as a Risk Factor for Unintended Pregnancy
Extensive sociological research concludes that education informs people’s desires for their lives and plays an instrumental role in facilitating the fulfillment of those desires. In this article, we ask if societal barriers can leave the most educated to desire outcomes that are unattainable and thu...
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| description | Extensive sociological research concludes that education informs people’s desires for their lives and plays an instrumental role in facilitating the fulfillment of those desires. In this article, we ask if societal barriers can leave the most educated to desire outcomes that are unattainable and thus paradoxically place them at highest risk of unwanted outcomes. We answer this question by analyzing societal variation in the potential for education to facilitate women achieving their lower fertility desires: Are there fertility contexts wherein educated women’s lower fertility desires are distinctly unattainable? Multilevel models analyzing Demographic and Health Survey Program data on women from 50 low- and middle-income countries emphasize the collision of global scripts with local constraints: In low contraceptive contexts, education is associated with higher risk of unintended pregnancy. The results clarify that the potential for education to facilitate the achievement of desires is fraught with contingencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e284180f6714b91a365ccc1c234510c2024-03-30T03:03:49ZengSAGE PublishingSocius2378-02312024-03-011010.1177/23780231241237677The Collision of Global Scripts with Local Constraints: Education as a Risk Factor for Unintended PregnancyEmily Smith-Greenaway0Yingyi Lin1Sara Yeatman2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USABill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USAUniversity of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USAExtensive sociological research concludes that education informs people’s desires for their lives and plays an instrumental role in facilitating the fulfillment of those desires. In this article, we ask if societal barriers can leave the most educated to desire outcomes that are unattainable and thus paradoxically place them at highest risk of unwanted outcomes. We answer this question by analyzing societal variation in the potential for education to facilitate women achieving their lower fertility desires: Are there fertility contexts wherein educated women’s lower fertility desires are distinctly unattainable? Multilevel models analyzing Demographic and Health Survey Program data on women from 50 low- and middle-income countries emphasize the collision of global scripts with local constraints: In low contraceptive contexts, education is associated with higher risk of unintended pregnancy. The results clarify that the potential for education to facilitate the achievement of desires is fraught with contingencies.https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231241237677 |
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| title | The Collision of Global Scripts with Local Constraints: Education as a Risk Factor for Unintended Pregnancy |
| title_full | The Collision of Global Scripts with Local Constraints: Education as a Risk Factor for Unintended Pregnancy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Collision of Global Scripts with Local Constraints: Education as a Risk Factor for Unintended Pregnancy |
| title_short | The Collision of Global Scripts with Local Constraints: Education as a Risk Factor for Unintended Pregnancy |
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