Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States.
Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States.
Soc Sci Res. 2022 Nov;108:102785. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102785. Epub 2022 Sep 8.
Women's attitudes towards abortion are often assessed infrequently in their lives. This measurement may not capture how lifetime events, such as reproductive experiences, potentially influence attitudes towards abortion. Although reproductive attitudes can fluctuate with life's circumstances, there is little research on how abortion attitudes may change when a woman suspects she might be pregnant. Using an intensive longitudinal dataset collected in Michigan, the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) study (2008-2012), we test the relationship between the timing of pregnancy scares and uncertainty and abortion attitudes using hybrid effects models. We find that women become less supportive of abortion while experiencing a pregnancy scare or uncertainty; however, this association exists only during a scare or uncertainty. These findings highlight that abortion attitudes may change when a woman suspects she might be pregnant. However, attitudinal change may not last past this period.
女性对堕胎的态度通常在其一生中很少被评估。这种衡量方法可能无法捕捉到生育经历等终生事件如何潜在地影响对堕胎的态度。尽管生育态度可能会随着生活环境的变化而波动，但很少有研究关注当女性怀疑自己可能怀孕时，堕胎态度可能会如何变化。本研究使用密歇根州的关系动态和社会生活（RDSL）研究（2008-2012 年）收集的密集纵向数据集，使用混合效应模型检验怀孕恐慌和不确定性的时间与堕胎态度之间的关系。我们发现，当女性经历怀孕恐慌或不确定性时，她们对堕胎的支持度降低；然而，这种关联仅在恐慌或不确定性期间存在。这些发现强调了女性怀疑自己可能怀孕时，堕胎态度可能会发生变化。然而，这种态度变化可能不会持续到这个时期之后。
