- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An investigation of African Americans' reasoning regarding abortion, 1997
- Creator:
- El-Amin, Vivian Herndon
- Date of Original:
- 1997-12-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the contrasting views among African Americans regarding the issue of abortion. The population included Cl) college students, (2) graduate students, and (3) other adults. The chronological ages ranged from 19 to 80 or above. Their religious affiliation was primarily Protestant (65 percent) . The remaining 35 percent consisted mainly of Catholics, Muslims, and members of the Jewish faith. The majority had less than a college education. Their socioeconomic status consisted of lower middle class to upper upper class. The Personal Data Survey and the Reasoning About Abortion Questionnaire were used to obtain information for this study. The Personal Data Survey was developed to obtain specific demographic information about the participants. The Reasoning About Abortion Questionnaire was developed to obtain people's views about the abortion issue; it consisted of ten personal items, nine moral items, and one social conventional item. Based on this research study, it was confirmed that a majority of the persons surveyed believed that abortion is a matter ot personal choice. However, when the question was raised in the context of religion/God, responses did not change. In the final analysis, this research has shown that attitude toward abortion is a matter of personal choice.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1997_elamin_vivian_herndon
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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