Demographic institute says statistics absent in the solo parent, contraception debate

Professor Natalie Jackson: Director of the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA).Solo parents, teenage births and babies born outside marriage are all statistics on the radar of the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, based at the University of Waikato.The government announced in a pre-Budget release that New Zealand women living on benefits - including teenagers and the daughters of beneficiaries will be offered free long-term contraception. The welfare reform news has sparked a maelstrom of controversy.Professor Natalie Jackson, who heads the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), says debate on this issue needs to be informed by statis...