The measurement of public opinion on abortion: The effects of survey design

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 177-180

  Bumpass, Larry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION SURVEYS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; RISK; STANDARD; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ABORTION SURVEYS; ABORTION, INDUCED; AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33749273295     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2953382     Document Type: Article

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