NCJ Number
139796
Journal
Sociological Spectrum Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: (October-December 1992) Pages: 329-347
Date Published
1992
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This study analyzed public attitudes toward pornography using data from a citywide survey in Raleigh, North Carolina, during the fall of 1984.
Abstract
A stratified random sample of the city's adult population was drawn from census tracts across the city. Data were obtained from 378 respondents who were asked about five aspects of religiosity and three indicators of political orientation. The religion items included church membership and type, religious self-identification, worship frequency, private devotional behavior, and frequency of watching or listening to religious programs on television or radio. The political indicators included general self- identification as liberal or conservative, party registration, and partisan identification. Respondents as a whole condemned pornography. Women and elderly, married, and less educated persons were most condemning of pornography, as were religious traditionalists, political conservatives, and persons with restrictive attitudes toward sexuality. Although women were notably more opposed to pornography than men, no sustained gender interaction effects were found and gender effects on pornography were largely direct. 34 references, 4 tables, and 1 figure