A Search for Gender Differences on Fertility-Related Attitudes: Questioning the Relevance of Sociobiology Theory for Understanding Social Psychological Aspects of Human Reproduction.

Granberg, Donald; Granberg, Beth Wellman

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ERIC Number: EJ338538

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Publication Date: 1985

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A Search for Gender Differences on Fertility-Related Attitudes: Questioning the Relevance of Sociobiology Theory for Understanding Social Psychological Aspects of Human Reproduction.

Granberg, Donald; Granberg, Beth Wellman

Psychology of Women Quarterly, v9 n4 p431-37 Dec 1985

Analyzed data from 12 surveys done between 1965 and 1984 to test the hypothesis that men and women have different attitudinal orientations toward fertility. The hypothesis that men would be more oriented toward quantity of offspring than women was not supported. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Abortions, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Contraception, Family Planning, Family Size, Reproduction (Biology), Sex Differences, Social Psychology, Sociobiology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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