How Americans View World Population Issues A Survey of Public Opinion

by Adamson, David M.; Belden, Nancy; Davanzo, Julie; Patterson, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780833028235
• ISBN10: 0833028235
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-08
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

This report presents results of a national survey of how Americans view global demographic trends and issues in the context of U.S. international economic assistance. The survey asked about three groups of topics: attitudes about U.S. economic assistance overseas and priorities for targeting U.S. aid; knowledge and views of global demographic facts and trends; and views of specific issues, including family planning programs, abortion, and congressional actions on population-policy measures. The survey found that, notwithstanding a perception that Americans have become more absorbed with domestic problems since the end of the Cold War, a majority feels that U.S. economic assistance to other countries is necessary and appropriate.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. ix
Tables	p. xiii
Summary	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Acronyms	p. xxv
Introduction	p. 1
Methodology	p. 5
Public Attitudes Toward U. S. International Economic Assistance	p. 11
Americans' Knowledge and Views of World Demographic Trends	p. 25
Specific Population Issues	p. 39
Conclusions and Implications	p. 75
Questionnaire with Response Totals	p. 83
Methodology for the Survey and the Analysis	p. 99
Description of the 11 Factors and Results of Regression Analysis	p. 105
Data from Respondents with Various Views on Abortion and Family Planning	p. 115
Bibliography	p. 121
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