Understanding the Effects of Personal and School Religiosity on the Decision to Abort a Premarital Pregnancy

Autor/in	Adamczyk, Amy
Titel	Understanding the Effects of Personal and School Religiosity on the Decision to Abort a Premarital Pregnancy
Quelle	In: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50 (2009) 2, S.180-195 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1465
DOI	10.1177/002214650905000205
Schlagwörter	Pregnancy; Religious Factors; Context Effect; Protestants; Females; Religion; Attitudes; Decision Making; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwangerschaft; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Weibliches Geschlecht; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	Although much research has examined the relationship between religion and abortion attitudes, few studies have examined whether religion influences abortion behavior. This study looks at whether individual and school religiosity influence reported abortion behavior among women who become pregnant while unmarried. Hierarchical Logistic Models are implemented to analyze two waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Findings show that personal religiosity is unrelated to reported abortion behavior. However, conservative Protestants appear less likely to obtain abortions than mainline Protestants, Catholics, and women of non-Christian faiths. Regardless of personal religious affiliation, having attended a school with a high proportion of conservative Protestants appears to discourage abortion as women enter their twenties. Conversely, women from private religious high schools appear more likely to report obtaining an abortion than women from public schools. (Contains 2 figures, 2 tables and 13 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10