TABLE 5. OLS Regression of Abortion Attitudes (ADQ), PCM, and NCM on Social and Economic Crisis Factors
Variable
|
ADQ coefficient (SE)
|
PCM coefficient (SE)
|
NCM coefficient (SE)
|
|
| Welfare reform |
|
|
|
| Welfare experimental status (experimental group = 1) |
–1.02* (0.58) |
–0.35 (0.52) |
0.15 (0.43) |
| Other indicators of financial hardship |
|
|
|
| Employed (=1) |
0.42 (0.61) |
0.30 (0.54) |
0.65 (0.45) |
| Chronic or acute welfare recipient (acute = 1) |
0.27 (0.59) |
–0.35 (0.53) |
–0.23 (0.44) |
| Household size (No. of people) |
0.40** (0.18) |
0.09 (0.16) |
–0.13 (0.13) |
| Demographic characteristics |
|
|
|
| Age (in years) |
–0.12** (0.05) |
0.03 (0.04) |
0.07* (0.04) |
| Education (in years) |
–0.19 (0.17) |
–0.44** (0.15) |
–0.15 (0.13) |
| Marital status (never married = 1) |
–0.94 (0.71) |
–0.26 (0.64) |
–0.73 (0.53) |
| Race/Ethnicity |
|
|
|
| African American |
–2.25** (0.91) |
0.52 (0.81) |
2.04** (0.67) |
| Hispanic |
–2.31** (1.04) |
1.68* (0.93) |
1.36* (0.77) |
| Constant |
36.3 (2.84) |
15.91 (2.54) |
9.00 (2.10) |
| R2 |
0.07 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
Number of observations
|
389
|
389
|
389
|
|
Note. ADQ = Abortion Decision Questionnaire; PCM = positive childbearing motivations; NCM = negative childbearing motivations.
* Indicates statistically significant chi-square at .05 < p < .1.
** Indicates statistically significant chi-square at p <.05.