This study investigates the association between individual-level characteristics and the risk of having an unmet need for contraception in the United States between 2002 and 2017 for women who were sexually active, not pregnant or postpartum, fecund, and wanted no more children. Using data from...

There has been much interest in how the provision of formal public day care influences fertility (e.g. Ermisch, 1989; Hank & Kreyenfeld, 2003; Rindfuss et al., 2010) but the implications of using informal sources of child care on fertility have been under-researched despite the pervasiveness of these...