Attitude to Abortion, Attitude to Life and Conservatism in Australia
- A major claim of opponents to abortion is that they are >prolife.< The validity of this claim is assessed in an investigation of attitudes to abortion, utilizing a questionnaire developed by Michael Maccoby to operationalize Erich FROMM's concept of >biophilia< (The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, New York: Holt Rinehart, 1973). A modified form of Maccoby's questionnaire was developed, and also a scale of conservatism specifically designed for Australian conditions. These questionnaires and others on attitudes toward and social desirability of abortion were completed by a random cluster sample of 200 residents of Sydney. Antiabortionists were highly likely to be conservative and slightly likely to be prolife after the effects of conservatism were partialled out; they were also more likely to be Roman Catholics and frequent church attenders. Approval for abortion was high on all questions; only 16 percent of the sample both opposed unrestricted abortion and said the matter would have an important bearing on their vote. 1 Appendix, 14 References.
Metadaten| Author: | J. J. Ray |
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| Parent Title (English): | Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 68 (No. 2, Jan. 1984), pp. 236-246. |
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| Document Type: | Articles |
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of first Publication: | 1984 |
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| Release Date: | 2014/01/28 |
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| Format: | PDF-scan to download |
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| IdNo: | Ray_J_J_1984 |
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| Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
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| Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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| Licence (German): | free access / direkt zugänglich |
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