Sociology Program, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 31;19(1):433. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010433.
The use of health insurance to cover legal abortion is a controversial issue on which Americans are sharply divided. Currently, there is a lack of research on this issue as data became available only recently. Using data from the newly released General Social Survey in 2018, this study examines who is more or less likely to support health insurance coverage for legal abortion. The results show that the support and opposition were about evenly divided. The findings from the logistic regression analysis reveal that, holding other variables constant, Democrats, liberals, urban residents, the more educated, and the older were more likely to support health insurance coverage for legal abortion while women, Southerners, Christians, the currently married, and those with more children were less likely to favor it, compared to their respective counterparts. Additionally, the effect of education was stronger for liberals than for non-liberals. Race, family income, and full-time work status make no difference in the outcome. The findings have significant implications for research and practices in health insurance coverage for legal abortion.
使用健康保险来支付合法堕胎的费用是一个有争议的问题，美国人对此存在严重分歧。目前，由于数据最近才公布，关于这个问题的研究还很缺乏。本研究利用 2018 年新发布的综合社会调查的数据，探讨了哪些人更有可能或更不可能支持健康保险覆盖合法堕胎。结果表明，支持和反对的意见大致相当。逻辑回归分析的结果表明，在其他变量保持不变的情况下，与各自的对照组相比，民主党人、自由派人士、城市居民、受教育程度较高者和年龄较大者更有可能支持健康保险覆盖合法堕胎，而女性、南方人、基督徒、已婚人士和有更多孩子的人则不太可能支持。此外，教育对自由派人士的影响比对非自由派人士的影响更大。种族、家庭收入和全职工作状况对结果没有影响。这些发现对健康保险覆盖合法堕胎的研究和实践具有重要意义。
