Table 3.
Proportion of Nursing Students Who Agree and Strongly Agree With Moral Attitude Statements on Abortion (N = 187).
| Conditions | Religion |
Intended specialty |
Knowledge score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddhist (n = 167) | Othera (n = 8) | None (n = 12) | P-value* | OB-GYN & Ped (n = 59) | Otherb (n = 128) | P-value* | Score ≥80% (n = 70) | Score <80% (n = 117) | P-value* | |
| Supports abortion | ||||||||||
| Abortion can be a good thing in any circumstances. | 24 (14.37) | — | 2 (16.67) | .661 | 10 (16.95) | 16 (12.50) | .496 | 11 (15.71) | 15 (12.82) | .663 |
| Abortion is woman’s right. | 147 (88.02) | 4 (50.00) | 12 (100) | .009 | 51 (86.44) | 112 (87.50) | .818 | 67 (95.71) | 96 (82.05) | .006 |
| Abortion is acceptable past 12+ weeks in any circumstances. | 36 (21.56) | 2 (25.00) | 9 (75.00) | <.001 | 15 (25.42) | 32 (25.00) | >.999 | 17 (24.29) | 30 (25.64) | .864 |
| Conditional agreement | ||||||||||
| Abortion can be a good thing for some women in all situations. | 100 (59.88) | 3 (37.50) | 12 (100) | .003 | 39 (66.10) | 76 (59.38) | .421 | 47 (67.14) | 68 (58.12) | .277 |
| Abortion can be a good thing for all women in some situations. | 105 (62.87) | 3 (37.50) | 11 (91.67) | .031 | 38 (64.41) | 81 (63.28) | >.999 | 42 (60.00) | 77 (65.81) | .437 |
| Abortion is acceptable past 12+ weeks in some circumstances. | 119 (71.26) | 6 (75.00) | 9 (75.00) | >.999 | 43 (72.88) | 91 (71.09) | .863 | 50 (71.43) | 84 (71.79) | >.999 |
| Against abortionc | ||||||||||
| Abortion is the same as murder. | 21 (12.57) | 5 (62.50) | — | .001 | 6 (10.17) | 20 (15.63) | .370 | 5 (7.14) | 21 (17.95) | .049 |
| Abortion is wrong. | 10 (5.99) | 2 (25.00) | — | .116 | 4 (6.78) | 8 (6.25) | >.999 | 3 (4.29) | 9 (7.69) | .540 |
| Abortion is sinful. | 25 (14.97) | 3 (37.50) | — | .055 | 6 (10.17) | 22 (17.19) | .272 | 7 (10.00) | 21 (17.95) | .203 |
OB-GYN = Obstetrics & Gynecology; Ped = Pediatrics.
a
Other included Christianity, Islam, and none.
b
Other included Internal Medicine, Surgery, and other.
c
Proportion of nursing students who disagree and strongly disagree with the against abortion statements.
*
Fisher’s exact test.