@article{ref1,
title="Matters of life and death: social, political, and religious correlates of attitudes on abortion",
journal="American politics quarterly",
year="1981",
author="Baker, Ross K. and Epstein, Laurily K. and Forth, Rodney D.",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="89-102",
abstract="This article investigates the structure of attitudes toward abortion using several demographic, political, and religious variables. The analysis is based on a 1978 survey of New Jersey's voting age population. Responses to questions on 3 aspects of the abortion issue--a constitutional ban on abortion, abortion on demand, and government funding of abortions--are combined to form a scale of support and opposition to abortion. We find that support for abortion is related to youth, high socioeconomic status, a liberal ideology, opposition to right-to-die legislation, and support for the Equal Rights Amendment. Additionally, we find that approval for abortion is not a function of religious preference. Rather, attitudes on abortion are a function of intensity of religious adherence, regardless of specific religion.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0044-7803",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}