ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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STEMCELL Sometimes fertility clinics produce extra fertilized eggs, also called embryos, that are not implanted in a woman's womb. These extra embryos either are discarded, or couples can donate them for use in medical research called stem-cell research. Some people (support stem-cell research, saying it's an important way to find treatments for many diseases). Other people (oppose stem-cell research, saying it's wrong to use any human embryos for research purposes). What about you - do you support or oppose stem-cell research?   1) Support   2) Oppose   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Support	588	58.9%	58.9%	-.51
Oppose	292	29.3%	88.2%	-.05
DK/No opinion	118	11.8%	100%	2.67

Variable Comparisons

Race Education Household income Marital status Region Age Gender Political party Religious preference

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Support	60.9% 476	47.8% 43	52.2% 24	90.9% 10	53.2% 25	59.3% 578
Oppose	27.4% 214	42.2% 38	34.8% 16	0.0% 0	36.2% 17	29.2% 285
DK/No opinion	11.7% 91	10.0% 9	13.0% 6	9.1% 1	10.6% 5	11.5% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 781	100.0% 90	100.0% 46	100.0% 11	100.0% 47	975

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Support	48.1% 39	59.7% 172	57.6% 160	61.4% 148	63.9% 69	59.0% 588
Oppose	33.3% 27	31.3% 90	30.9% 86	26.1% 63	24.1% 26	29.3% 292
DK/No opinion	18.5% 15	9.0% 26	11.5% 32	12.4% 30	12.0% 13	11.6% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 288	100.0% 278	100.0% 241	100.0% 108	996

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
Support	53.4% 110	63.0% 452	9.1% 1	60.2% 563
Oppose	34.5% 71	26.3% 189	54.5% 6	28.4% 266
DK/No opinion	12.1% 25	10.7% 77	36.4% 4	11.3% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 718	100.0% 11	935

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
Support	57.4% 267	53.8% 14	62.4% 98	57.0% 69	61.5% 139	59.0% 587
Oppose	28.8% 134	38.5% 10	26.8% 42	35.5% 43	27.4% 62	29.2% 291
DK/No opinion	13.8% 64	7.7% 2	10.8% 17	7.4% 9	11.1% 25	11.8% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 465	100.0% 26	100.0% 157	100.0% 121	100.0% 226	995

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Support	60.6% 114	61.5% 142	53.8% 193	63.2% 139	58.9% 588
Oppose	24.5% 46	29.0% 67	35.1% 126	24.1% 53	29.3% 292
DK/No opinion	14.9% 28	9.5% 22	11.1% 40	12.7% 28	11.8% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 231	100.0% 359	100.0% 220	998

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Support	58.5% 120	59.5% 150	61.9% 205	54.7% 104	59.2% 579
Oppose	28.3% 58	29.0% 73	27.5% 91	32.1% 61	28.9% 283
DK/No opinion	13.2% 27	11.5% 29	10.6% 35	13.2% 25	11.9% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 205	100.0% 252	100.0% 331	100.0% 190	978

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Support	59.3% 290	58.5% 298	58.9% 588
Oppose	28.0% 137	30.5% 155	29.3% 292
DK/No opinion	12.7% 62	11.0% 56	11.8% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 509	998

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
Support	64.9% 226	47.8% 129	65.2% 191	47.8% 32	59.1% 578
Oppose	25.9% 90	38.5% 104	23.9% 70	35.8% 24	29.4% 288
DK/No opinion	9.2% 32	13.7% 37	10.9% 32	16.4% 11	11.5% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 270	100.0% 293	100.0% 67	978

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
Support	58.3% 297	54.1% 113	53.6% 37	73.9% 34	67.2% 86	59.0% 567
Oppose	30.3% 154	33.0% 69	36.2% 25	17.4% 8	20.3% 26	29.3% 282
DK/No opinion	11.4% 58	12.9% 27	10.1% 7	8.7% 4	12.5% 16	11.7% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 509	100.0% 209	100.0% 69	100.0% 46	100.0% 128	961