Life Choices, 1990

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WINCEST1 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. D. If the pregnancy was the result of incest - 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	1520	69.9%	69.9%	-.63
Unacceptable	152	7%	76.9%	.56
Don't know	502	23.1%	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	73.6% 304	72.6% 543	69.3% 294	68.0% 287	55.1% 86	70.0% 1514
Unacceptable	5.3% 22	5.9% 44	7.5% 32	7.3% 31	14.1% 22	7.0% 151
Don't know	21.1% 87	21.5% 161	23.1% 98	24.6% 104	30.8% 48	23.0% 498
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	80.1% 297	81.4% 550	66.3% 536	39.7% 114	69.9% 1497
Unacceptable	4.0% 15	4.1% 28	8.8% 71	11.8% 34	6.9% 148
Don't know	15.9% 59	14.5% 98	24.9% 201	48.4% 139	23.2% 497
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	51.0% 200	69.4% 494	74.1% 441	81.5% 380	70.0% 1515
Unacceptable	13.3% 52	6.7% 48	5.9% 35	3.4% 16	7.0% 151
Don't know	35.7% 140	23.9% 170	20.0% 119	15.0% 70	23.0% 499
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	76.1% 426	69.6% 406	61.0% 410	77.4% 278	69.9% 1520
Unacceptable	4.1% 23	6.7% 39	10.6% 71	5.3% 19	7.0% 152
Don't know	19.8% 111	23.7% 138	28.4% 191	17.3% 62	23.1% 502
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	71.3% 745	68.3% 742	69.7% 1487
Unacceptable	6.6% 69	7.5% 81	7.0% 150
Don't know	22.1% 231	24.3% 264	23.2% 495
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	68.9% 802	67.4% 447	92.7% 51	64.4% 58	68.9% 1358
Unacceptable	7.3% 85	7.1% 47	3.6% 2	5.6% 5	7.0% 139
Don't know	23.8% 277	25.5% 169	3.6% 2	30.0% 27	24.1% 475
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972