How Americans view world population issues : a survey of public opinion

PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- MAJOR FINDINGS -- U.S. Economic Assistance Overseas -- Public Knowledge and Attitudes About Global Demographic Trends -- Specific Issues -- Congressional Actions -- IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH COMMUNICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE AND MOTIVATION FOR THE SURVEY -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- METHODOLOGY -- SAMPLE -- PRESENTATION OF THE DATA -- FACTOR AND REGRESSION ANALYSES -- PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD U.S. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE -- AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE -- TRENDS IN SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE -- VALUE OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES -- PRIORITIZING GOALS FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE -- Three Types of Goals -- VIEWS ON FUNDING PARTICULAR HEALTH AND HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS -- AMERICANS' KNOWLEDGE AND VIEWS OF WORLD DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS -- KNOWLEDGE OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTS AND TRENDS -- VIEWS OF POPULATION GROWTH RATES -- HOW SERIOUS A PROBLEM IS POPULATION GROWTH? -- IMPACTS OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH -- LOW FERTILITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- SPECIFIC POPULATION ISSUES -- THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND ACHIEVE DESIRED FAMILY SIZE -- BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING -- Meaning of the Terms "Birth Control" and "Family Planning" -- Do "Birth Control" and "Family Planning" Include "Abortion"? -- Perceptions About Availability of Family Planning -- Should Family Planning Be Provided by the Government and Covered by Health Insurance? -- Support for U.S. Funding of International Family Planning Programs -- ABORTION -- Attitudes About Abortion in the United States -- Support for U.S. Funding of Abortions in Developing Countries -- Perceptions of Impacts of Abortion -- Correlates of Abortion -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY PLANNING AND ABORTION.