GENDER, RACE AND COHORT DIFFERENCES IN ABORTION ATTITUDE

堕胎态度中的性别、种族和群体差异

• 批准号: 6130072
• 负责人: KORAY TANFER
• 金额: $ 17.38万
• 依托单位: BATTELLE CENTERS/PUB HLTH RES & EVALUATN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-04-05 至 2002-04-04
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6130072
• 关键词: age difference; attitude; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; female; gender difference; health behavior; human data; human subject; induced abortion; male; public opinion; racial /ethnic difference; women's health

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract): One-half of all pregnancies concluding in 1994 were unintended and one-half of these pregnancies were terminated by abortion. Opinion polls on abortion do not seem to reflect the behavior of 1.5 million women who have an abortion each year. We need to distinguish the generalized attitudes in the public from the personal attitudes held by women. The demand for abortion in the U.S. is likely to remain high. Therefore, it is important to understand the formation of and the change in abortion attitudes because attitudes shape intentions and intentions determine behavior. Equally important is the males' attitudes toward abortion because: First, policy making in U.S. is dominated by men. Second, men are equally responsible for unintended pregnancies, and their attitudes toward abortion may influence their own, and their partners' sexual and contraceptive behavior. Third, men are also affected by unintended pregnancy and they can influence decisions about pregnancy resolution. The primary purpose of the proposed research is to analyze the cohort, gender, and race differences in abortion attitudes, in the factors influencing the formation of abortion attitudes, and in the effects of abortion attitudes on subsequent reproductive behaviors. Specifically, we will examine: (1) Cohort differences in abortion attitudes among women who were 20-27 years of age in 1983 and in 1991; (2) The differences in the antecedents of abortion attitudes for the 1983 and the 1991 cohorts of women focusing on the factors that affect attitude formation; (3) Race differences in the abortion attitudes and in the antecedents of the abortion attitudes among women in 1983 and in 1991; (4) The change in abortion attitudes of the 1983 cohort as the cohort ages with particular focus on the effects of life events during the observation period; (5) Gender differences in the abortion attitudes and the antecedents of abortion attitudes in 1991; (6) Race differences in the abortion attitudes and in the antecedents of the abortion attitudes among men in 1991; (7) The relationship between abortion attitudes and subsequent reproductive behaviors (e.g., contraceptive choice, unintended birth, abortion); and (8) Gender, race and cohort differences in such behaviors as attributable to the differences in abortion attitudes. The investigators will use data from the 1983 National Survey of Unmarried Women (NSUW), the 1991 National Survey of Women (NSW), the 1991 National Survey of Men (NSM), the 1993 follow-up found of the NSM, and the 1993 and 1995 follow-up rounds of the NSW to accomplish these aims. Confirmatory factor analysis will be used to obtain the measurement model. Regression and structural equations will be used to estimate the conceptual model.

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：全部的二分之一 1994年的怀孕是无意的，其中一半是意外怀孕 通过堕胎终止妊娠。关于堕胎的民意调查似乎并不 反映每年 150 万堕胎妇女的行为。我们 需要区分公众的普遍态度和个人态度 妇女所持的态度。美国对堕胎的需求可能会 保持高位。因此，了解它的形成和作用非常重要。 堕胎态度发生变化，因为态度塑造意图和意图 确定行为。同样重要的是男性对堕胎的态度 因为：首先，美国的政策制定由男性主导。其次，男人是 对意外怀孕以及他们对意外怀孕的态度同样负有责任 堕胎可能会影响自己及其伴侣的性行为和避孕措施 行为。第三，男性也会受到意外怀孕的影响，他们可以 影响有关妊娠解决的决定。 拟议研究的主要目的是分析队列、性别、 堕胎态度、影响因素的种族差异 堕胎态度的形成及其对堕胎态度的影响 随后的生殖行为。具体来说，我们将检查：（1）队列 20-27岁女性对堕胎态度的差异 1983年和1991年； （二）堕胎态度的前因差异 对于 1983 年和 1991 年的妇女群体，重点关注影响因素 态度的形成； (3) 堕胎态度和堕胎行为的种族差异 1983年和1991年妇女对堕胎态度的前因后果； (4) 的 随着 1983 年群体年龄的增长，他们对堕胎的态度发生了变化 特别关注观察期间生活事件的影响； (5)堕胎态度及发生原因的性别差异 1991年对堕胎的态度； (6) 堕胎态度的种族差异 1991年男性对堕胎态度的前因； (7) 的 堕胎态度与随后的生育行为之间的关系 （例如，避孕方法的选择、意外分娩、堕胎）； (8) 性别、种族 以及由于差异而导致的此类行为的群体差异 对堕胎的态度。调查人员将使用 1983 年全国调查的数据 未婚妇女调查 (NSUW)、1991 年全国妇女调查 (NSW)、 1991 年全国男性调查 (NSM)、1993 年 NSM 的后续调查以及 1993 年和 1995 年新南威尔士州的后续几轮会议旨在实现这些目标。 将使用验证性因素分析来获得测量模型。 回归和结构方程将用于估计概念 模型。