This-thesis has examined abortion attitudes and trends during the 1972 through 1977 time span using such independent variables as age, sex, race, education, religious membership frequency of church attendance and• survey date. Log-linear techniques were employed to test the magnitude and nature of the effects of these independent variables on the dependent variable (abortion attitude).Data which was drawn from the General Social Survey (GSS) indicate the abortion attitudes held by the American public became more favorable immediately following the Supreme Court decision in 1973 and thereafter a plateauing effect of support occurred.Further statistical examination of the data shows that age, sex, and religious denomination are not significantly related to attitudes toward abortion and only small effects are noted for race and survey date. However, the two most important variables with the strongest impace on abortion attitudes are frequency of church attendance and educational attainment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/181701 |
| Date | January 1978 |
| Creators | Popplewell, Christine M. |
| Contributors | Condran, James G. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iii, 38 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us--- |
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