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Teen Pregnancy Linked to Premature Death, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 9 points 1 year ago

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