Abstract
Rather unexpectedly, prior work has failed to find consistent gender differences in public support for legal abortion. Given that gender differences in public opinion emerge for a wide range of other issue areas, it seems paradoxical that there is no consistent gender difference on the issue of abortion. I propose that this failure to find a consistent gender difference is due to how abortion attitudes are modeled. Controlling for religiosity, which research has shown women to score higher on, results in a small and consistent gender gap in support for legal abortion with women more likely than men to support.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 22-42 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Women, Politics and Policy |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- abortion attitudes
- gender gap
- religiosity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Sociology and Political Science