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A Study of the Relationship Between Attitudes Towards World Population Growth and USA Population Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Larry D. Barnett
Larry D. Barnett
Affiliation:
California State College, Los Angeles
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In the fall of 1965 and again in the fall of 1967, The Population Council sponsored nationwide public opinion polls in which questions were asked regarding whether the world and US population growth rates constituted serious problems. Both polls found the proportion of respondents viewing the world growth rate as serious (62% in 1965, 69% in 1967) to be higher than the proportion viewing the US rate as serious (54% in 1965 and 1967) (Kantner, 1968). Thus, attitudes towards world population growth and US population growth appear to be potentially independent of and not necessarily congruent with one another, but to date no examination has been made of their relationship. It is the purpose of the present study: (1) to determine the incidence of each possible combination of views towards the world and US population growth rates, and (2) to determine how individuals with a particular attitude towards one growth ratedistribute themselves in terms of attitudes towards the other rate.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 61 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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References

Kantner, J.F. (1968) American attitudes on population policy: recent trends. Stud. Fam. Plann. 30, 1.CrossRefGoogle Scholar