Catholic/Protestant Trends on Abortion: Convergence and Polarity.
Using data from the 1972-1996 General Social Surveys, no difference greater than sampling variation is found between Protestants and Catholics in the most recent 5-year period (1992-1996) in the proportion holding either a pro-life or a pro-choice position on abortion. Sociological factors underlyin...
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 354 - 370 |
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