Regional Differences in Attitude to Abortion in Northern Ireland

Authors

  • P. Compton Queen's University, Belfast BT7 INN
  • J. Coward University of Ulster. Coleraine BT52 ISA
  • J. Power Queen's University. Belfast BT7 INN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1986.712

Abstract

Data from the Northern Ireland Fertility Survey are utilised to examine attitudes to abortion in Northern Ireland from a broad regional perspective. A variety of techniques are used, including cross-tabular and binary correlation/regression analyses. Overall, the majority of respondents were against any change in abortion legislation for Northern Ireland. However, there were marked differences in attitude by region (with the inhabitants of the west most strongly opposed to pro-abortion legislation) as well as by some major population composition variables such as religion, social class and education. Geographical variability in these particular compositional variables by no means fully account for the regional differences in attitude and the paper discusses the possible role of other, less easily measured, factors.

Author Biographies

P. Compton, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 INN

Department of Geography

J. Coward, University of Ulster. Coleraine BT52 ISA

Department of Environmental Studies

J. Power, Queen's University. Belfast BT7 INN

Department of Geography

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Published

2016-12-20

How to Cite

Compton, P., Coward, J., & Power, J. (2016). Regional Differences in Attitude to Abortion in Northern Ireland. Irish Geography, 19(2), 58–68. https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.1986.712

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (1986): Issue 2

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:irg:ie:0000-igj.v19i2.7122

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