Socio-demographic factors as predictors of attitudes toward unwed motherhood
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between socio-demographic factors and attitudes toward unmarried women having children. The data for this study were extracted from the 1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Socio-demographic factors were found to be significant in predicting attitudes toward non-martial childbirth. The most significant predictor was age. Younger people in general are more likely than older people to approve of non-marital childbirth. Blacks were found to be more favorable than whites in approval of non-marital childbirth and inclusion of education in this model does not change the findings.
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Josie Gause Brown,
"Socio-demographic factors as predictors of attitudes toward unwed motherhood"
(January 1, 1997).
ETD Collection for Fayetteville State University.
Paper AAI1390612.
http://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/dissertations/AAI1390612
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