Life Choices, 1990

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WWOHLTH1 I am going to read you some situations where a woman might consider having an abortion. For each situation, I want you to tell me whether you, personally, feel an abortion would be acceptable or unacceptable. B. If the woman's mental or emotional health might be damaged by the pregnancy - is it acceptable or not during the first 3 months?   1) Acceptable   2) Unacceptable   3) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Acceptable	1203	55.3%	55.3%	-.86
Unacceptable	175	8%	63.4%	.2
Don't know	796	36.6%	100%	1.26

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Acceptable	57.1% 236	53.7% 402	54.0% 229	58.5% 247	52.6% 82	55.3% 1196
Unacceptable	7.0% 29	7.1% 53	7.5% 32	7.6% 32	17.9% 28	8.0% 174
Don't know	35.8% 148	39.2% 293	38.4% 163	33.9% 143	29.5% 46	36.7% 793
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Acceptable	68.5% 254	64.9% 439	51.0% 412	28.2% 81	55.4% 1186
Unacceptable	6.5% 24	6.1% 41	9.5% 77	9.4% 27	7.9% 169
Don't know	25.1% 93	29.0% 196	39.5% 319	62.4% 179	36.7% 787
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Acceptable	47.7% 187	53.7% 382	55.8% 332	63.5% 296	55.3% 1197
Unacceptable	12.2% 48	7.6% 54	7.1% 42	6.4% 30	8.0% 174
Don't know	40.1% 157	38.8% 276	37.1% 221	30.0% 140	36.7% 794
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	57.9% 324	55.2% 322	50.3% 338	61.0% 219	55.3% 1203
Unacceptable	7.1% 40	7.5% 44	9.1% 61	8.4% 30	8.0% 175
Don't know	35.0% 196	37.2% 217	40.6% 273	30.6% 110	36.6% 796
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	58.4% 610	52.2% 567	55.2% 1177
Unacceptable	7.4% 77	8.7% 95	8.1% 172
Don't know	34.3% 358	39.1% 425	36.7% 783
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	56.5% 658	47.4% 314	83.6% 46	52.2% 47	54.0% 1065
Unacceptable	8.5% 99	8.3% 55	7.3% 4	1.1% 1	8.1% 159
Don't know	35.0% 407	44.3% 294	9.1% 5	46.7% 42	37.9% 748
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972