Jane Mencken et al. showed that a 2009 Colorado law guaranteeing access to this technology is responsible for a significant decline in the number of women without high school diplomas. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this technology that includes barrier methods like condoms and hormonal methods like The Pill and the Mirena Intrauterine Device.
ANSWER: contraception [or birth control]
[10m] A 2022 JAMA Network Open paper showing no increased risk of cancer or cardiac events with hormonal contraception was done using this method, in which multiple studies are combined to improve power.
ANSWER: meta-analysis [accept meta-study; prompt on systematic review]
[10h] Demographic studies often use this quantity to compare birth rates between countries. This quantity is the number of children a woman can expect to have over her lifetime, assuming that current age-specific rates stay constant.
ANSWER: TFR [or total fertility rate; prompt on fertility or fertility rate]
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