Attitudes toward Abortion and Related Variables by Abortion Experience

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1996;34(4):227-247.

논문편 : 낙태경험 유무별로 본 낙태에 대한 태도와 관련변인

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인하대학교 가정관리학과

Attitudes toward Abortion and Related Variables by Abortion Experience

오선주

ABSTRACT

This study explores the relationship between attitudes toward abortion and such variables as age, education, religion, working, family income, son preference, and abortion experience. Questions are asked to see whether or not respondents think it should be possible to obtain legal abortion in nine circumcestances. Logit analysis is executed to see the relationship between abortion attitudes and explanatory variables for all respondents and then for women with abortion experience and for those without. Women with abortion experience are more likely to favor abortion than those without the experience. Catholics show tendency to oppose to legalized abortion compared to women with no religion. Women who show higher son preference are more likely to oppose to abortion in case of pregnancy by rape. Women who are working then to show favorable attitudes toward abortion in case of women who want no more child. Women who have low income and abortion experience have than young women. The more educated women show the more favorable attitudes toward abortion.