Baylor Religion Survey, 2005

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Q34E Q34 How do you feel about abortion in the following circumstances... e. The woman does not want the child   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	871	52.3%	52.3%	-.85
Almost always wrong	208	12.5%	64.8%	-.04
Only wrong sometimes	208	12.5%	77.3%	.76
Not wrong at all	378	22.7%	100%	1.56

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	49.1% 352	54.7% 519	52.3% 871
Almost always wrong	13.5% 97	11.7% 111	12.5% 208
Only wrong sometimes	12.6% 90	12.4% 118	12.5% 208
Not wrong at all	24.8% 178	21.1% 200	22.7% 378
TOTAL	100.0% 717	100.0% 948	1665

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	52.0% 766	62.5% 35	44.3% 43	51.9% 844
Almost always wrong	12.8% 189	7.1% 4	10.3% 10	12.5% 203
Only wrong sometimes	12.7% 187	10.7% 6	15.5% 15	12.8% 208
Not wrong at all	22.5% 331	19.6% 11	29.9% 29	22.8% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 1473	100.0% 56	100.0% 97	1626

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Other	None	TOTAL
Always wrong	59.8% 223	61.1% 585	27.0% 34	12.2% 22	52.8% 864
Almost always wrong	16.1% 60	12.4% 119	11.1% 14	7.2% 13	12.6% 206
Only wrong sometimes	10.5% 39	10.7% 102	22.2% 28	17.7% 32	12.3% 201
Not wrong at all	13.7% 51	15.8% 151	39.7% 50	63.0% 114	22.4% 366
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 957	100.0% 126	100.0% 181	1637

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Always wrong	53.5% 69	52.4% 194	49.9% 365	55.4% 232	52.2% 860
Almost always wrong	10.9% 14	11.9% 44	12.2% 89	13.8% 58	12.4% 205
Only wrong sometimes	15.5% 20	13.0% 48	11.6% 85	12.9% 54	12.6% 207
Not wrong at all	20.2% 26	22.7% 84	26.3% 192	17.9% 75	22.9% 377
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 370	100.0% 731	100.0% 419	1649

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	< 1 Month	< 1 a Week	Weekly +	TOTAL
Always wrong	22.7% 79	40.6% 185	53.4% 102	76.2% 497	52.4% 863
Almost always wrong	11.2% 39	15.6% 71	13.6% 26	10.3% 67	12.3% 203
Only wrong sometimes	19.3% 67	16.2% 74	12.6% 24	6.3% 41	12.5% 206
Not wrong at all	46.8% 163	27.6% 126	20.4% 39	7.2% 47	22.8% 375
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 456	100.0% 191	100.0% 652	1647

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	George W. Bush	John Kerry	Ralph Nader	Somebody else	No preference	TOTAL
Always wrong	70.9% 576	31.3% 205	34.8% 8	44.8% 56	45.9% 17	52.2% 862
Almost always wrong	12.2% 99	12.7% 83	13.0% 3	12.0% 15	18.9% 7	12.5% 207
Only wrong sometimes	7.0% 57	18.6% 122	26.1% 6	15.2% 19	10.8% 4	12.6% 208
Not wrong at all	9.9% 80	37.4% 245	26.1% 6	28.0% 35	24.3% 9	22.7% 375
TOTAL	100.0% 812	100.0% 655	100.0% 23	100.0% 125	100.0% 37	1652

Education (I-EDUC)

	< High school	HS grad	Some college	Jr college	College graduate	Postgraduate work/Degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	67.9% 38	66.0% 163	58.1% 234	56.8% 75	50.1% 203	35.7% 142	52.1% 855
Almost always wrong	12.5% 7	10.5% 26	12.2% 49	10.6% 14	15.1% 61	11.8% 47	12.4% 204
Only wrong sometimes	8.9% 5	8.1% 20	12.9% 52	8.3% 11	11.9% 48	18.1% 72	12.7% 208
Not wrong at all	10.7% 6	15.4% 38	16.9% 68	24.2% 32	23.0% 93	34.4% 137	22.8% 374
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 247	100.0% 403	100.0% 132	100.0% 405	100.0% 398	1641

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never married	Married	Living as married	Separated/Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Always wrong	44.4% 83	55.5% 563	36.7% 22	45.7% 107	55.2% 80	52.1% 855
Almost always wrong	11.2% 21	12.1% 123	6.7% 4	14.5% 34	15.2% 22	12.4% 204
Only wrong sometimes	17.1% 32	11.0% 112	18.3% 11	15.4% 36	11.7% 17	12.7% 208
Not wrong at all	27.3% 51	21.3% 216	38.3% 23	24.4% 57	17.9% 26	22.7% 373
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 1014	100.0% 60	100.0% 234	100.0% 145	1640

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,001-$35,000	$35,001-$50,000	$50,001 - $100,000	$100,001+	TOTAL
Always wrong	59.8% 110	57.1% 128	57.3% 169	50.1% 271	39.8% 128	51.5% 806
Almost always wrong	11.4% 21	10.3% 23	13.6% 40	13.3% 72	12.7% 41	12.6% 197
Only wrong sometimes	9.8% 18	11.6% 26	9.8% 29	13.9% 75	16.5% 53	12.8% 201
Not wrong at all	19.0% 35	21.0% 47	19.3% 57	22.7% 123	31.1% 100	23.1% 362
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 224	100.0% 295	100.0% 541	100.0% 322	1566