Bring a friend: Leveraging financial and peer support to improve women’s reproductive agency in India
通过实验评估，研究发现补贴加上同伴支持能显著提高印度女性的避孕使用率、降低怀孕概率，并增强生育自主权和同伴参与，尤其对家庭内部反对避孕的女性效果更佳。
Women’s agency in the domain of family planning and reproductive health is a fundamental determinant of their well-being. We experimentally evaluate two approaches aimed at improving women’s reproductive agency in India. We offered treated women subsidized family planning services at a local clinic. Additionally, we enabled a subset of treated women to invite and incentivize others to visit the clinic with them. Although the subsidy encouraged women to seek company to the clinic and increased clinic visits, combining the subsidy with the ability to leverage peer support increased women’s contraceptive use, decreased their likelihood of pregnancy, and was more effective in strengthening reproductive agency and peer engagement. Women facing greater intrahousehold opposition to contraception appeared to benefit more from peer support.