Education and Religion as Factors in Women's Attitudes Motivating Childbearing

Bibliographic Data

ID2586129
AuthorsSusan M Stolka (corresponding author), Larry D Barnett
Year1969
Volume31
Issue4
Pages740
Publication date1969-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/349317
OpenAlexW2059106878
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Questionnaire items measuring four attitudes which motivate having children were completed by a sample of women 18 years of age and over. Multivariate analysis was used to ascertain the existence of a causal influence of educational level and religion on attitudes. Religion appeared to have a direct causal relationship with two of the attitudes among women having up to 12 years of schooling and under $4,000 income who attended church every'week, with Protestants accepting these attitudes less than Catholics. It was also found that, of the fo-ur attitudes measured, the one most strongly accepted was that it is a woman's main responsibility in life and her social duty to bear children

Developmental psychology · Duty · Multivariate analysis · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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