Socioeconomic and Cultural Determinants of Abortion Among Jewish Women in Israel

Esther I. Wilder ()
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Esther I. Wilder: University of Oklahoma

European Journal of Population, 2000, vol. 16, issue 2, No 2, 133-162

Abstract: Abstract This study uses data from the 1974–75Israel Fertility Survey and the 1987–88 Study ofFertility and Family Formation to examine the changingdeterminants of abortion among Jewish women in Israel. Over the course of socioeconomic development, someeconomic and cultural variables (e.g., education,employment, and ethnicity) lose their explanatorypower whereas others become increasingly important forunderstanding variation in the practice of abortion. This article argues that the relationship betweenthese variables and abortion is mediated by a varietyof external and macro-level factors including socialnorms, the availability of contraceptive technology,and laws governing access to abortion.

Keywords: Public Finance; Cultural Variable; Family Formation; Socioeconomic Development; Jewish Woman (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1006351225920

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