Life Choices, 1990

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WRAPE1 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. C. If the pregnancy was the result of rape - 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	1534	70.6%	70.6%	-.62
Unacceptable	135	6.2%	76.8%	.56
Don't know	505	23.2%	100%	1.74

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	74.3% 307	71.7% 536	68.6% 291	69.9% 295	62.8% 98	70.6% 1527
Unacceptable	4.8% 20	5.3% 40	6.6% 28	7.1% 30	10.3% 16	6.2% 134
Don't know	20.8% 86	23.0% 172	24.8% 105	23.0% 97	26.9% 42	23.2% 502
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	80.3% 298	83.1% 562	66.0% 533	41.5% 119	70.6% 1512
Unacceptable	3.8% 14	2.8% 19	8.9% 72	9.4% 27	6.2% 132
Don't know	15.9% 59	14.1% 95	25.1% 203	49.1% 141	23.2% 498
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	54.1% 212	69.4% 494	75.1% 447	80.5% 375	70.6% 1528
Unacceptable	11.2% 44	5.5% 39	5.9% 35	3.4% 16	6.2% 134
Don't know	34.7% 136	25.1% 179	19.0% 113	16.1% 75	23.2% 503
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	75.7% 424	70.0% 408	63.7% 428	76.3% 274	70.6% 1534
Unacceptable	4.5% 25	5.5% 32	9.1% 61	4.7% 17	6.2% 135
Don't know	19.8% 111	24.5% 143	27.2% 183	18.9% 68	23.2% 505
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	72.4% 757	68.6% 746	70.5% 1503
Unacceptable	5.6% 59	6.6% 72	6.1% 131
Don't know	21.9% 229	24.7% 269	23.4% 498
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	70.3% 818	67.0% 444	89.1% 49	65.6% 59	69.5% 1370
Unacceptable	6.5% 76	6.3% 42	5.5% 3	2.2% 2	6.2% 123
Don't know	23.2% 270	26.7% 177	5.5% 3	32.2% 29	24.3% 479
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972