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Conscience and Context: Attitudes Toward Abortion in Mexico†

  1. John P. Tuman1,*,
  2. Danielle Roth-Johnson2,
  3. Ted Jelen3

Article first published online: 19 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00905.x

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Social Science Quarterly

Social Science Quarterly

Volume 94, Issue 1, pages 100–112, March 2013

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Tuman, J. P., Roth-Johnson, D. and Jelen, T. (2013), Conscience and Context: Attitudes Toward Abortion in Mexico. Social Science Quarterly, 94: 100–112. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00905.x

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  1. 1

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  2. 2

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  3. 3

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas

*Direct correspondence to John P. Tuman, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5029 〈john.tuman@unlv.edu〉.

  1. †

    John Tuman will share all data and coding for the purposes of replication.

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  1. Issue published online: 4 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 19 SEP 2012

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