Jonathan Marc Bearak

New York University
Ph.D., Sociology, 2015
M.A., Sociology, 2012

Queens College
City University of New York
B.A., Political Science, 2008
summa cum laude
minors in computer science and sociology

Guttmacher Institute
Senior Research Scientist, 2015—

New York University
Research Assistant (Dr. Paula England, 2012–2015; Dr. Jennifer Jennings, 2009–2013)
Teaching Assistant & Discussion Section Instructor (Applied Quantitative Analysis II, Dr. Mike Hout, 2014; Applied Quantitative Analysis I, Dr. Florencia Torche, 2014, Dr. David Greenberg, 2013)

Queens College
Research Assistant (Dr. Sophia Catsambis, 2009)
Systems Administrator (Department of Sociology, 2006-2009)

United States Congress – Office of Congressman Gary Ackerman
Legislative Internship, Washington, D.C., 2005

Publications

Country-specific estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion incidence: a global comparative analysis of levels in 2015–2019.
Bearak J, Popinchalk A, Beavin C, Ganatra B, Moller A-B, Tunçalp Ö & Alkema L. BMJ Global Health 2022.

Cross-state travel for abortion care.
Bearak J & Jones RK. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022.

The state of global abortion data: an overview and call to action.
Popinchalk A, Beavin C & Bearak J. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health 2021.

Does the impact of motherhood on women’s employment and wages differ for women who plan their transition into motherhood?
Bearak J, Popinchalk A, Burke K & Anjur-Dietrich S. Demography 2021.

Global Abortion Incidence Dataset: a dataset of all available abortion incidence data from 1990-2018.
Popinchalk A, Beavin C, Kwok L & Bearak J. Guttmacher Institute, 2021.

Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990–2019.
Bearak J, Popinchalk A, Ganatra B, Moller A-B, Tunçalp Ö, Beavin C, Kwok L & Alkema L. The Lancet Global Health 2020.

Pregnancies, abortions, and pregnancy intentions: a protocol for modeling and reporting global, regional and country estimates.
Bearak J, Popinchalk A, Sedgh G, Ganatra B, Moller A-B, Tunçalp Ö & Alkema L. Reproductive Health 2019.

Global, regional, and subregional trends in unintended pregnancy and its outcomes from 1990 to 2014: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model.
Bearak J, Popinchalk A, Alkema L & Sedgh G. The Lancet Global Health 2018.

Disparities and change over time in distance women need to travel to have an abortion in the USA: a spatial analysis.
Bearak J, Burke KL & Jones RK. The Lancet Public Health 2017.

Global, regional and sub-regional classification of abortions by safety: estimates for 2010-14.
Ganatra B, Gerdts C, Rossier C, Johnson BR, Tunçalp Ö, Assifi A, Sedgh G, Singh S, Bankole A, Popinchalk A, Bearak J, Kang Z & Alkema L. The Lancet 2017.

Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services at U.S. Clinics, 2015.
Frost J, Frohwirth L, Blades N, Zolna M, Douglas-Hall A & Bearak J. Guttmacher Institute, 2017.

Did Contraceptive Use Patterns Change After the Affordable Care Act?: A Descriptive Analysis.
Bearak J & Jones RK. Women’s Health Issues 2017.

Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: Global, regional, and subregional trends.
Sedgh G, Bearak J, Singh S, Bankole A, Popinchalk A, Ganatra B, Rossier C, Gerdts C, Tunçalp Ö, Johnson BR, Johnston HB & Alkema L. The Lancet 2016.

Do Highly Paid, Highly Skilled Women Experience the Largest Motherhood Penalty?
England P, Bearak J, Budig M & Hodges M. American Sociological Review 2016.

Changes in out-of-pocket costs for hormonal IUDs after implementation of the Affordable Care Act: an analysis of insurance benefit inquiries.
Bearak J, ——— –, Jerman J & Kavanaugh M. Contraception 2015.

Casual Contraception in Casual Sex: Life-Cycle Change in Undergraduates’ Sexual Behavior in Hookups.
Bearak J. Social Forces 2014.

Teaching to the Test in the NCLB Era: How Test Predictability Affects Our Understanding of Student Performance.
Jennings J & Bearak J. Educational Researcher 2014.

Is the Motherhood Penalty Larger for Low-Wage Women? A Comment on Quantile Regression.
Killewald A & Bearak J. American Sociological Review 2014.

The sexual double standard and gender differences in attitudes toward casual sex among U.S. university students.
England P & Bearak J. Demographic Research 2014.

Women’s Education and their Likelihood of Marriage: A Historic Reversal. Bearak J & England P. In Families as they Really Are, 2^nd edition, edited by Barbara Risman and Virginia Rutter, pages 609–614. New York: W.W. Norton.

2017, Reviewer of the Year, American Journal of Public Health

2009-2015, MacCracken Fellowship, New York University

2009-2013, New York University/Institute of Education Sciences Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship

2008, Michael Harrington Award, Queens College Department of Political Science

2008, Phi Beta Kappa

2008, Lucile Lindberg Scholarship, Queens College

2007, Chancellor’s Award for Student Leadership and Community Service, City University of New York

2006, Distinguished Service Award, Queens College Department of Sociology

2005-2008, Horace W. Goldsmith Scholar, City University of New York

2004-2008, University Scholar, City University of New York

2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
“Estimating Pregnancies, Abortions and Pregnancy Intentions Using a Bayesian Accounting Model” (with Leontine Alkema)

2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
“Does the impact of motherhood on women’s earnings differ for women who plan their transition into motherhood?” (with Anna Popinchalk, Kristen Burke and Selena Anjur-Dietrich)

2018 European Population Conference.
“Does the impact of motherhood on women’s earnings differ for women who plan their transition into motherhood?” (with Anna Popinchalk, Kristen Burke and Selena Anjur-Dietrich)

2018 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
“Global, regional, and subregional trends in unintended pregnancy and its outcomes from 1990 to 2014: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model.” (with Gilda Sedgh, Anna Popinchalk and Leontine Alkema)

2018 Psychosocial Workshop.
“Does the impact of motherhood on women’s earnings differ for women who plan their transition into motherhood?” (with Anna Popinchalk, Kristen Burke and Selena Anjur-Dietrich)

2017 International Population Conference.
“Global, regional, and subregional trends in unintended pregnancy and its outcomes from 1990 to 2014: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model.” (with Gilda Sedgh, Anna Popinchalk and Leontine Alkema)

2016 Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
“Changes in Contraceptive Use & Service Utilization Before & After the Affordable Care Act.” (with Rachel Jones)

2016 American Sociological Association. “How the Motherhood Penalty Varies by Wage, Cognitive Skill, and Race.”
(with Paula England, Michelle Budig, and Melissa Hodges)

2015 Population Association of America.
Men’s Earnings Distribution & Marriage

2014 Sociology of Education Association.
Does school quality affect teenage parenthood? (with Jennifer Jennings)

2013 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. “Do All Men Similarly Earn More When They Marry? Economic Thresholds for Socially Respectable Marriage and Differences in the Male Marriage-Earnings Differential.”