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Evaluating reproductive decisions as discrete choices under social influence

Bentley, R.A.; Brock, W.A.; Caiado, C.C.S.; O'Brien, M.

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Authors

R.A. Bentley

W.A. Brock

M. O'Brien



Abstract

Discrete choice, coupled with social influence, plays a significant role in evolutionary studies of human fertility, as investigators explore how and why reproductive decisions are made. We have previously proposed that the relative magnitude of social influence can be compared against the transparency of pay-off, also known as the transparency of a decision, through a heuristic diagram that maps decision-making along two axes. The horizontal axis represents the degree to which an agent makes a decision individually versus one that is socially influenced, and the vertical axis represents the degree to which there is transparency in the pay-offs and risks associated with the decision the agent makes. Having previously parametrized the functions that underlie the diagram, we detail here how our estimation methods can be applied to real-world datasets concerning sexual health and contraception.

Citation

Bentley, R., Brock, W., Caiado, C., & O'Brien, M. (2016). Evaluating reproductive decisions as discrete choices under social influence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1692), Article 20150154. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0154

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 3, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 28, 2016
Publication Date Apr 19, 2016
Deposit Date Jun 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date Aug 11, 2017
Journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Print ISSN 0962-8436
Electronic ISSN 1471-2970
Publisher The Royal Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 371
Issue 1692
Article Number 20150154
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0154

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