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Cross-Cultural Attitudes Toward Abortion

Greeks Versus Americans

Brigham Young University

Anastasios C. Marcos

The American College of Greece

Using data from 1,494 Greeks and 1,993 Americans, this study finds that social abortion attitudes are a separate dimension from physical abortion attitudes. According to our structural equation model, abortion attitudes are influenced significantly by religiosity and sexual liberalism. The model explains social abortion attitudes significantly better than physical abortion attitudes. Although the model is applicable to both countries, there are three major differences between Greece and the United States. First, in Greece religiosity has a smaller impact on sexual liberalism, and sexual liberalism has a much weaker impact on both types of abortion attitudes, particularly social abortion attitudes. Second, in Greece religiosity is more strongly related to abortion attitudes than in the United States, particularly to social abortion attitudes. Third, education has a weaker influence in Greece than in the United States.

Key Words: abortion attitudes • Greek abortion attitudes • U.S. abortion attitudes

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 24, No. 3, 402-424 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X02250892


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