Core Beliefs and Abortion Attitudes: A Look at Latinos

Objective. This research examines the variables that influence the abortion attitudes of the three largest Latino populations: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. Methods. Using data from the Latino National Political Survey, we use multivariate analyses to examine the effects of selected...

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Published in:Social science quarterly 2000-03, Vol.81 (1), p.253-260
Main Authors: Bolks, Sean M., Evans, Diana, Polinard, J. L., Wrinkle, Robert D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Abortion, Induced - ethics
Abortion, Induced - psychology
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
Belief Systems
Beliefs
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Catholicism
Cuban Americans
Cubans
Ethnic differences
Ethnicity
Feminism
Health surveys
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Hispanics
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Immigrants
Latin American Cultural Groups
Latin American people
Mexican Americans
Minorities (Latinos)
Political Attitudes
Political sociology
Pro-choice movement
Pro-life movement
Probabilities
Public Opinion
Puerto Rican Americans
Puerto Ricans
Religiosity
Reproductive Rights - ethics
Reproductive Rights - history
Reproductive Rights - trends
Social Attitudes
Sociology
The Life-Cycle Decisions
U.S.A
United States
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Summary:Objective. This research examines the variables that influence the abortion attitudes of the three largest Latino populations: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. Methods. Using data from the Latino National Political Survey, we use multivariate analyses to examine the effects of selected variables on abortion attitudes. We also model attitudes toward abortion by using ordered logit. Results. We find that attitudes toward abortion among the Latino populations are influenced by the same sets of variables that influence the attitudes of non-Latinos. Conclusions. Abortion is not an "ethnic issue" in the sense that the term is generally used.
ISSN:0038-4941
1540-6237