Attitudes of the Nonreligious toward Abortion, Contraceptives, and Homosexuality: Comparing the Far East and Western Europe

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Kenan Sevinç
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Numerous studies have shown that the number of nonreligious people in the World is increasing and that people without religious affiliation demonstrate more liberal attitudes on controversial issues than affiliated people. Research suggests these differences may arise from the higher education level of the nonreligious and/or cultural context. To further explore the effects of culture on the attitudes of nonreligious, I analyze data from The Global Attitudes Project-Spring (2013). The data were downloaded from the Association of Religion Data Archives, www.TheARDA.com and were collected by Pew Research Center. When the data were analyzed, 6746 of the participants (18.2%) were found to be nonreligious. Three of the countries with the highest rate of nonreligious are from Western Europe (Czechia=69.5%, Britain=44.4%, Germany=35.3%) and three of them are from Far East (China=83.4%, Japan=45.4%, South Korea=42.6%). I compared attitudes of nonreligious from these countries (N=4581) towards abortion, contraception use, and homosexuality. The results indicate that nonreligious people living in the Far East find abortion, contraceptive use, and homosexuality more “morally unacceptable” than Western Europeans. This suggests that attitudes among the nonreligious are not homogenous, and that cultural factors are important variables to consider in future research.
非宗教人士对堕胎、避孕和同性恋的态度:远东和西欧的比较
大量研究表明,世界上非宗教人士的数量正在增加,没有宗教信仰的人在有争议的问题上表现出比有信仰的人更自由的态度。研究表明,这些差异可能源于非宗教和/或文化背景下的高等教育水平。为了进一步探讨文化对非宗教者态度的影响,我分析了《全球态度项目春季》(2013)的数据。这些数据是从宗教数据档案协会www.TheARDA.com下载的,由皮尤研究中心收集。当对数据进行分析时,发现6746名参与者(18.2%)不信教。非宗教人口比例最高的国家中有三个来自西欧(捷克69.5%,英国44.4%,德国35.3%),其中三个来自远东(中国83.4%,日本45.4%,韩国42.6%)。我比较了这些国家(N=4581)非宗教人口对堕胎、避孕和同性恋的态度。研究结果表明,生活在远东的非宗教人士认为堕胎、避孕和同性恋比西欧人更“道德上不可接受”。这表明,非宗教人群的态度并不同质,文化因素是未来研究中需要考虑的重要变量。
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