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How Americans View World Population Issues
A Survey of Public Opinion
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 on 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. Most Americans lack knowledge about the world's population size and growth rate but are nonetheless concerned about global population growth and its possible consequences. Support for U.S. funding of voluntary family planning activities, both overseas and domestically, is strong. The legal right to abortion, however, remains a contentious issue that divides the American public.
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Chapter One:
Introduction PDF | HTML
Chapter Two:
Methodology PDF | HTML
Chapter Three:
Public Attitudes Toward U.S. International Economic Assistance PDF | HTML
Chapter Four:
Americans' Knowledge and Views of World Demographic Trends PDF | HTML
Chapter Five:
Specific Population Issues PDF | HTML
Chapter Six:
Conclusions and Implications PDF | HTML
Appendix A:
Questionnaire with Response Totals PDF | HTML
Appendix B:
Methodology for the Survey and the Analysis PDF | HTML
Appendix C:
Description of the 11 Factors and Results of Regression Analysis PDF | HTML
Appendix D:
Data from Respondents with Various Views on Abortion and Family Planning PDF | HTML
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