Migrant Generations and Abortion Circumstances

Assessing Latinxs' Abortion Attitudes in the US

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2292140
AutoresXiana Bueno (0000-0001-6587-3521, Indiana University), María Montenegro (0009-0001-5210-2899, Indiana University), Wen-Juo Lo (0000-0001-5279-8163, University of Arkansas), Diana Valdez (0000-0002-2355-9881, Indiana University), Brandon L Crawford (0000-0001-5509-5578, Indiana University), Ronna C Turner (0000-0002-2984-7649, University of Arkansas), Kristen N Jozkowski (0000-0003-3894-5395, Indiana University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen94
Número1
Páginas130-148
Fecha de publicación2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soin.12556
OpenAlexW4379985943
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas44

This study examines how Latinx migrant generation and the circumstances of abortion may be linked to attitudes toward abortion legality among a sample of U.S.-Latinx adults. Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Multiple-Indicators Multiple-Causes modeling, we found that abortion attitudes across different migrant generations are sensitive to circumstances motivating the abortion. We did not find significant differences across migrant generations for generally more endorsed circumstances, such as when the woman's health is at risk or when the pregnancy occurs as a result of rape. However, second and third generations were more inclined to endorse legal abortion than first-generation for generally less endorsed circumstances, such as low income, being unpartnered, not wanting (more) children, or contraception failure. The social context in which one is raised (i.e., the United States for migrants' descendants or the country of birth for the first-generation migrants) plays a role in shaping abortion attitudes regarding the less endorsed social-related circumstances but not for more endorsed circumstances. Further research should consider the inner heterogeneity of the Latinx population as well as the multiple contexts of abortion

Abortion · Abortion law · Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Economics · Family planning · Geography · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Principle of legality · Research methodology · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology