Religious Preference, Religious Participation, and Sterilization Decisions: Findings from the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II
Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1976, several hypotheses are tested relating religion to sterilization: among contraceptors wanting no more births, Catholics are less likely than Protestants to choose steriliza...
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| Language: | English |
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1984
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Review of religious research
Year: 1984, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 232-246 |
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| Summary: | Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle II, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1976, several hypotheses are tested relating religion to sterilization: among contraceptors wanting no more births, Catholics are less likely than Protestants to choose sterilization as a method; among those who have decided on contraceptive sterilization, Catholics are less likely than Protestants to choose a female operation rather than a male operation; and both of these Catholic-Protestant differences in sterilization decisions are greater among women who are better educated or participate more in religious observances. The linear probability modeling technique used to test these hypotheses suggests that Catholics are less likely than Protestants to choose sterilization as a method of contraception, and also less likely to choose a female method of sterilization over a male method. However, the differences are not large and they may not result from differences in religious doctrine on contraception. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511121 |