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）：所有的一半 1994年结束的怀孕是意外的，其中一半 怀孕是通过流产终止的。关于堕胎的意见民意调查似乎没有 反映每年有150万妇女的行为。我们 需要将公众的广义态度与个人区分开 妇女持有的态度。美国对堕胎的需求可能会 保持高。因此，重要的是要了解 堕胎态度的改变是因为态度的形状意图和意图 确定行为。同样重要的是男性对流产的态度 因为：首先，美国制定政策由男性主导。第二，男人是 同样负责意外怀孕及其对 堕胎可能会影响自己的性和伴侣的性和避孕 行为。第三，男人也受到意外怀孕的影响，他们可以 影响有关妊娠解决方案的决定。 拟议研究的主要目的是分析同类，性别， 以及堕胎态度的种族差异，影响了影响的因素 堕胎态度的形成，以及堕胎态度的影响 随后的生殖行为。具体来说，我们将检查：（1）队列 20-27岁的妇女的堕胎态度差异 1983年和1991年； （2）堕胎态度的先例差异 对于1983年和1991年的妇女队列，专注于影响因素 态度形成； （3）堕胎态度的种族差异和 1983年和1991年，妇女堕胎态度的先例； （4） 随着队列的年龄，1983年队列的流产态度的改变 特别关注观察期间生活事件的影响； （5）堕胎态度和先例的性别差异 1991年的流产态度； （6）堕胎态度的种族差异和 在1991年男性堕胎态度的前提下； （7） 流产态度与随后的生殖行为之间的关系 （例如，避孕选择，意外出生，流产）； （8）性别，种族 和队列在此类行为中的差异归因于差异 堕胎态度。调查人员将使用1983年国家的数据 未婚妇女（NSUW）的调查，1991年的全国妇女调查（NSW）， 1991年，《国家男性调查》（NSM），1993年的NSM的后续调查，以及 1993年和1995年新南威尔士州的后续回合，以实现这些目标。 验证性因素分析将用于获得测量模型。 回归和结构方程将用于估计概念 模型。