Social Attitudes towards the Challenges of Contemporary Family with Emphasis on Abortion in Iran

This research focuses primarily on one of the main challenges of the contemporary family and examines the patterns and determinants of social attitudes towards abortion in Iran. It is acknowledged that the contemporary family is facing a wider range of challenges including increasing the age at marriage, fertility decline, increasing rates of divorce and cohabitation, and other emerging forms of family such as one-child and single-parent families.
The results of this article are based on a survey conducted in rural and urban areas of Ahvaz, Babolsar, Bojnord, Gonbad Kavos, Kamyaran, Mahmoudabad, Hamadan, and Saghez. The sample includes 4267 males and females aged 15 years old and over. Generally speaking, the results of this analysis indicate that about two-fifth of the respondents have positive attitudes towards abortion. However, further analysis show that this general pattern is significantly associated with demographic determinants (such as age, gender, place of residence, marital status, education, ideal size of family), determinants related to religiosity and gender attitudes