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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Differences in Race, Marital Status, and Education among Women Obtaining Abortions
Contributor:
Trent, Katherine;
Powell-Griner, Eve
imprint:
University of North Carolina Press, 1991
Published in:Social Forces
Language:
English
ISSN:
0037-7732;
1534-7605
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>An analysis of over 500,000 pregnancies examines racial, marital, and educational differences in adult women choosing abortion. Findings indicate that differences in race among women who abort vary by marital status, parity, and state of residence. Among unmarried women, whites are more likely than blacks, and among married women, blacks are more likely than whites to abort. The relationship between marital status and abortion also varies by education, parity, and state of residence. The likelihood of aborting increases monotonically as education increases, but only for unmarried women. The effect of education on whether women abort also varies by parity. Among women with a high school education or less, those with no prior births are least likely to abort, while for college-educated women, those with no prior births are the most likely to abort. A separate analysis examines determinants of abortion for teenage women.</p>