Life Choices, 1990

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WDEFORM1 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. E. If there is a strong chance of serious deformity in the baby - is it acceptable or not during the first 3 months?   1) Acceptable   2) Unacceptable   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Acceptable	1282	59%	59%	-.8
Unacceptable	170	7.8%	66.8%	.28
Don't know	722	33.2%	100%	1.36

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	59.1% 244	59.6% 446	59.7% 253	60.2% 254	51.9% 81	59.1% 1278
Unacceptable	7.7% 32	6.4% 48	8.7% 37	8.1% 34	11.5% 18	7.8% 169
Don't know	33.2% 137	34.0% 254	31.6% 134	31.8% 134	36.5% 57	33.1% 716
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	73.6% 273	72.3% 489	51.7% 418	29.3% 84	59.0% 1264
Unacceptable	6.2% 23	6.4% 43	9.2% 74	8.0% 23	7.6% 163
Don't know	20.2% 75	21.3% 144	39.1% 316	62.7% 180	33.4% 715
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	45.4% 178	56.5% 402	62.9% 374	70.0% 326	59.1% 1280
Unacceptable	9.9% 39	8.8% 63	7.2% 43	4.7% 22	7.7% 167
Don't know	44.6% 175	34.7% 247	29.9% 178	25.3% 118	33.2% 718
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	62.1% 348	59.0% 344	51.3% 345	68.2% 245	59.0% 1282
Unacceptable	6.6% 37	8.1% 47	9.2% 62	6.7% 24	7.8% 170
Don't know	31.3% 175	32.9% 192	39.4% 265	25.1% 90	33.2% 722
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	60.8% 635	57.2% 622	59.0% 1257
Unacceptable	7.1% 74	8.4% 91	7.7% 165
Don't know	32.2% 336	34.4% 374	33.3% 710
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	58.8% 684	54.0% 358	89.1% 49	45.6% 41	57.4% 1132
Unacceptable	8.0% 93	9.0% 60	3.6% 2	1.1% 1	7.9% 156
Don't know	33.2% 387	37.0% 245	7.3% 4	53.3% 48	34.7% 684
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972