Tracing the Profile of Animal Rights Supporters

A Preliminary Investigation

Bibliographic Data

ID12418930
AuthorsColin Jerolmack (0000-0001-5998-1083, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume11
Issue3
Pages245-263
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety and Animals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/156853003322773041
OpenAlexW2076552951
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited8

A question about the "moral rights" of nonhuman animals in the 1993 and 1994 General Social Survey (GSS) effected an understanding of some of the demographics of those supporting animal rights. This study checked results against related questions concerning attitudes toward animal testing and meat consumption. The stereotypical profile of an animal rights supporter is female, well educated, upper-middle class, middle-aged, and white. The data in this study do not support the stereotype. Instead, the young, non-black minorities, and the less educated were more likely to support animal rights; income was not a significant predictor. Other predictors examined included religious denomination, frequency of church attendance, and attitudes toward environmental protection. This study's findings suggest the need to rethink "post-materialist" and "post-citizenship" theories about who supports animal rights. This paper also points the way toward future studies to examine the causal linkages between the predictors and animal rights attitudes

Animal rights · Attendance · Church attendance · Demographics · Materialism · Political science · Sociology · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Demography · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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