TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - Matters of life and death: social, political, and religious correlates of attitudes on abortion
JO  - American politics quarterly
A1  - Baker, Ross K.
A1  - Epstein, Laurily K.
A1  - Forth, Rodney D.
SP  - 89
EP  - 102
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0044-7803
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -