Entry:

Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs and Haney, C. Allen, "Shifts in Abortion Attitudes: 1972-1978," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 42 (August, 1980), 491-499.


Abstract:

Attitudes towards abortion became more liberal during the 1960s and early 1970s, though by 1975 the trend leveled off. In the 1960s, males, better educated, and older people were more liberal. In the 1970s, the male-female difference was less pronounced, the age trend reversed, and the liberal effect of education persisted.

GSS Years:

1972-1978

Other Data Sets:

Gallup 1962, 1965, 1968; NFS 1965

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
ABDEFECT

STRONG CHANCE OF SERIOUS DEFECT

ABNOMORE

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN

ABHLTH

WOMANS HEALTH SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED

ABPOOR

LOW INCOME--CANT AFFORD MORE CHILDREN

ABRAPE

PREGNANT AS RESULT OF RAPE

ABSINGLE

NOT MARRIED

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

ATTEND

HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES