ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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ABORTION On another subject, do you think abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases, illegal in most cases or illegal in all cases?   1) Legal, All Cases   2) Legal, Most Cases   3) ILLEGAL, Most Cases   4) ILLEGAL, All Cases

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Legal, All Cases	240	25%	25%	-1.3
Legal, Most Cases	306	31.8%	56.8%	-.35
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	234	24.3%	81.2%	.6
ILLEGAL, All Cases	181	18.8%	100%	1.55

Variable Comparisons

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

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	25.2% 191	20.5% 18	20.0% 9	45.5% 5	31.0% 13	25.0% 236
Legal, Most Cases	32.3% 245	26.1% 23	33.3% 15	45.5% 5	28.6% 12	31.8% 300
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	25.1% 190	20.5% 18	26.7% 12	0.0% 0	19.0% 8	24.2% 228
ILLEGAL, All Cases	17.4% 132	33.0% 29	20.0% 9	9.1% 1	21.4% 9	19.1% 180
TOTAL	100.0% 758	100.0% 88	100.0% 45	100.0% 11	100.0% 42	944

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	10.8% 8	20.0% 57	26.3% 68	30.9% 73	32.1% 34	25.0% 240
Legal, Most Cases	20.3% 15	30.2% 86	34.4% 89	32.6% 77	36.8% 39	31.9% 306
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	24.3% 18	28.1% 80	23.9% 62	22.0% 52	19.8% 21	24.3% 233
ILLEGAL, All Cases	44.6% 33	21.8% 62	15.4% 40	14.4% 34	11.3% 12	18.9% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 285	100.0% 259	100.0% 236	100.0% 106	960

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	18.9% 38	27.0% 188	20.0% 2	25.1% 228
Legal, Most Cases	21.9% 44	35.2% 245	20.0% 2	32.0% 291
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	27.9% 56	23.0% 160	40.0% 4	24.2% 220
ILLEGAL, All Cases	31.3% 63	14.9% 104	20.0% 2	18.6% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 697	100.0% 10	908

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	19.6% 88	16.7% 4	35.3% 53	16.2% 18	33.9% 76	24.9% 239
Legal, Most Cases	35.0% 157	33.3% 8	27.3% 41	28.8% 32	30.4% 68	31.9% 306
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	26.7% 120	33.3% 8	24.0% 36	25.2% 28	17.9% 40	24.2% 232
ILLEGAL, All Cases	18.7% 84	16.7% 4	13.3% 20	29.7% 33	17.9% 40	18.9% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 449	100.0% 24	100.0% 150	100.0% 111	100.0% 224	958

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	31.5% 58	20.6% 46	19.8% 68	32.4% 68	25.0% 240
Legal, Most Cases	31.0% 57	33.6% 75	32.0% 110	30.5% 64	31.8% 306
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	20.7% 38	22.9% 51	27.3% 94	24.3% 51	24.3% 234
ILLEGAL, All Cases	16.8% 31	22.9% 51	20.9% 72	12.9% 27	18.8% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 223	100.0% 344	100.0% 210	961

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	27.5% 55	27.5% 68	23.4% 75	23.4% 41	25.4% 239
Legal, Most Cases	31.0% 62	37.2% 92	32.5% 104	24.6% 43	32.0% 301
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	22.0% 44	20.6% 51	26.3% 84	29.7% 52	24.5% 231
ILLEGAL, All Cases	19.5% 39	14.6% 36	17.8% 57	22.3% 39	18.2% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 247	100.0% 320	100.0% 175	942

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	24.2% 114	25.8% 126	25.0% 240
Legal, Most Cases	30.9% 146	32.7% 160	31.8% 306
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	28.6% 135	20.2% 99	24.3% 234
ILLEGAL, All Cases	16.3% 77	21.3% 104	18.8% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 472	100.0% 489	961

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	31.9% 107	15.5% 41	24.2% 69	28.6% 18	24.8% 235
Legal, Most Cases	32.2% 108	25.0% 66	40.0% 114	23.8% 15	32.0% 303
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	21.5% 72	33.3% 88	21.1% 60	19.0% 12	24.5% 232
ILLEGAL, All Cases	14.3% 48	26.1% 69	14.7% 42	28.6% 18	18.7% 177
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 264	100.0% 285	100.0% 63	947

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
Legal, All Cases	20.9% 102	23.7% 49	16.7% 11	43.2% 19	39.8% 49	24.8% 230
Legal, Most Cases	32.3% 158	29.5% 61	28.8% 19	34.1% 15	32.5% 40	31.5% 293
ILLEGAL, Most Cases	27.2% 133	25.6% 53	25.8% 17	9.1% 4	15.4% 19	24.3% 226
ILLEGAL, All Cases	19.6% 96	21.3% 44	28.8% 19	13.6% 6	12.2% 15	19.4% 180
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 207	100.0% 66	100.0% 44	100.0% 123	929