Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q34A Q34 How do you feel about abortion in the following circumstances... a. The baby may have a serious defect   1) Always wrong   2) Almost always wrong   3) Only wrong sometimes   4) Not wrong at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	428	25.7%	25.7%	-1.44
Almost always wrong	208	12.5%	38.2%	-.62
Only wrong sometimes	375	22.5%	60.8%	.2
Not wrong at all	653	39.2%	100%	1.02

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Religion Age Church attendance Political ideology Education Marital status Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	22.8% 164	27.9% 264	25.7% 428
Almost always wrong	10.8% 78	13.8% 130	12.5% 208
Only wrong sometimes	23.8% 171	21.6% 204	22.5% 375
Not wrong at all	42.6% 306	36.7% 347	39.2% 653
TOTAL	100.0% 719	100.0% 945	1664

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	25.3% 372	37.9% 22	19.2% 19	25.4% 413
Almost always wrong	12.8% 188	13.8% 8	8.1% 8	12.6% 204
Only wrong sometimes	22.1% 324	20.7% 12	33.3% 33	22.7% 369
Not wrong at all	39.8% 584	27.6% 16	39.4% 39	39.3% 639
TOTAL	100.0% 1468	100.0% 58	100.0% 99	1625

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.2% 112	30.7% 294	11.0% 14	2.7% 5	26.0% 425
Almost always wrong	17.5% 65	13.2% 126	7.1% 9	3.8% 7	12.6% 207
Only wrong sometimes	24.3% 90	22.7% 217	25.2% 32	14.3% 26	22.3% 365
Not wrong at all	28.0% 104	33.4% 320	56.7% 72	79.1% 144	39.1% 640
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 957	100.0% 127	100.0% 182	1637

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Always wrong	30.0% 39	28.3% 104	23.7% 173	25.9% 109	25.8% 425
Almost always wrong	10.8% 14	13.6% 50	11.1% 81	14.5% 61	12.5% 206
Only wrong sometimes	28.5% 37	19.3% 71	22.8% 167	23.5% 99	22.7% 374
Not wrong at all	30.8% 40	38.7% 142	42.4% 310	36.1% 152	39.1% 644
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 367	100.0% 731	100.0% 421	1649

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Always wrong	5.2% 18	11.6% 53	21.1% 40	47.8% 311	25.6% 422
Almost always wrong	5.4% 19	11.0% 50	18.4% 35	15.7% 102	12.5% 206
Only wrong sometimes	20.6% 72	28.7% 131	24.7% 47	18.4% 120	22.5% 370
Not wrong at all	68.8% 240	48.7% 222	35.8% 68	18.1% 118	39.4% 648
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 456	100.0% 190	100.0% 651	1646

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Always wrong	38.0% 308	12.3% 81	17.4% 4	18.4% 23	13.5% 5	25.5% 421
Almost always wrong	15.9% 129	8.1% 53	4.3% 1	13.6% 17	18.9% 7	12.5% 207
Only wrong sometimes	22.1% 179	22.7% 149	26.1% 6	26.4% 33	16.2% 6	22.6% 373
Not wrong at all	24.0% 194	56.9% 373	52.2% 12	41.6% 52	51.4% 19	39.4% 650
TOTAL	100.0% 810	100.0% 656	100.0% 23	100.0% 125	100.0% 37	1651

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	41.4% 24	34.8% 86	28.5% 115	23.1% 30	23.8% 96	17.6% 70	25.7% 421
Almost always wrong	17.2% 10	10.5% 26	13.4% 54	16.2% 21	13.4% 54	9.8% 39	12.4% 204
Only wrong sometimes	20.7% 12	21.9% 54	22.5% 91	20.0% 26	23.3% 94	23.4% 93	22.6% 370
Not wrong at all	20.7% 12	32.8% 81	35.6% 144	40.8% 53	39.6% 160	49.1% 195	39.3% 645
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 247	100.0% 404	100.0% 130	100.0% 404	100.0% 397	1640

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Always wrong	21.8% 41	28.4% 288	16.4% 10	20.3% 47	24.1% 35	25.7% 421
Almost always wrong	9.6% 18	13.5% 137	1.6% 1	10.3% 24	16.6% 24	12.4% 204
Only wrong sometimes	26.6% 50	21.8% 221	26.2% 16	21.6% 50	22.8% 33	22.6% 370
Not wrong at all	42.0% 79	36.2% 367	55.7% 34	47.8% 111	36.6% 53	39.3% 644
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 1013	100.0% 61	100.0% 232	100.0% 145	1639

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Always wrong	31.0% 57	30.8% 69	30.2% 89	23.1% 125	17.8% 57	25.4% 397
Almost always wrong	13.0% 24	14.3% 32	13.6% 40	12.4% 67	10.0% 32	12.5% 195
Only wrong sometimes	18.5% 34	18.8% 42	22.7% 67	24.8% 134	23.7% 76	22.6% 353
Not wrong at all	37.5% 69	36.2% 81	33.6% 99	39.7% 215	48.6% 156	39.6% 620
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 224	100.0% 295	100.0% 541	100.0% 321	1565