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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2816198

The linked study is way more interesting

2/3 teen pregnancy end in abortion.

teen pregnancy may be a marker of adverse life experiences preceding and/or during the formative teen years. For example, there is a dose-response association of exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)—such as sexual and emotional abuse, parental divorce or separation, or income decline9—with subsequent teen pregnancy,10,11 substance use,12 and suicide.13 ACEs are also associated with premature mortality.9,14,15

I do think this is a strong confounder, but very very interesting results

[-] bamboo@lemm.ee 15 points 7 months ago

While I’m not an expert in anything vaguely related, I would bet that those “adverse life/childhood experiences” have more of a causal effect on lifespan than the abortions.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

Yes, confounders are variables which influence the outcome in a causal model but can't be separated out

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