Religious attitudes to birth control and abortion (2361)

Type of Data: Religious attitudes to birth control and abortion (2361)

Faith Community: General

Date: 1970, November-1971, March

Geography: England and Wales

Sample Size: 601 general practitioners, 402 consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology, 374 consultant psychiatrists

Population: General practitioners, consultants or senior registrars in obstetrics and gynaecology, consultant psychiatrists

Keywords: Abortion, birth control, consultants, contraception, doctors, gynaecology, obstetrics, psychiatry, religious affiliation

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire (general practitioners), face-to-face interview (consultants)

Collection Agency: Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care

Sponsor: Department of Health and Social Security

Published Source:

Ann Cartwright and Marjorie Waite, 'General Practitioners and Abortion: Evidence to the Committee on the Working of the Abortion Act', Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Vol. 22, Supplement No. 1, 1972

Marjorie Waite, Consultant Gynaecologists and Birth Control, London: Birth Control Trust, 1974

BRIN ID: 2361

Remarks:

Datasets available at ESDS as SN 402 (general practitioners), SN 911 (consultant psychiatrists) and SN 912 (consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology)

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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