By linking 1968-1969 family planning enrollment statistics to 1970 Census county-level
data, we test for program effects on the 1969-1970fertility ofsubgroups of women defined
by age, race, marital status, two definitions of economic status, and, for whites, the racial
composition of their area of residence. A multivariate model to control spurious program
effects is developed for wives. The pattern of effects using multiple subgroup comparison
provides a weight of evidence indicating significant reductions of marital fertility among
low-SES wives served by the program, and no effects on groups not served.
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