Life Choices, 1990

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WLOWINC1 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. G. If the family has a very low income and another child would create a heavy financial burden - 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	649	29.9%	29.9%	-1.49
Unacceptable	100	4.6%	34.5%	-.39
Don't know	1425	65.5%	100%	.71

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	30.0% 124	33.4% 250	27.1% 115	29.4% 124	21.2% 33	29.9% 646
Unacceptable	4.6% 19	3.6% 27	4.2% 18	4.5% 19	10.9% 17	4.6% 100
Don't know	65.4% 270	63.0% 471	68.6% 291	66.1% 279	67.9% 106	65.5% 1417
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	50.4% 187	37.7% 255	20.7% 167	10.8% 31	29.9% 640
Unacceptable	4.3% 16	4.3% 29	5.4% 44	1.7% 5	4.4% 94
Don't know	45.3% 168	58.0% 392	73.9% 597	87.5% 251	65.7% 1408
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	16.8% 66	23.6% 168	36.0% 214	42.3% 197	29.8% 645
Unacceptable	7.4% 29	3.9% 28	4.0% 24	4.1% 19	4.6% 100
Don't know	75.8% 297	72.5% 516	60.0% 357	53.6% 250	65.6% 1420
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	29.5% 165	30.2% 176	24.7% 166	39.6% 142	29.9% 649
Unacceptable	4.1% 23	5.5% 32	4.2% 28	4.7% 17	4.6% 100
Don't know	66.4% 372	64.3% 375	71.1% 478	55.7% 200	65.5% 1425
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	30.6% 320	29.2% 317	29.9% 637
Unacceptable	5.1% 53	3.9% 42	4.5% 95
Don't know	64.3% 672	67.0% 728	65.7% 1400
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	28.0% 326	24.3% 161	67.3% 37	17.8% 16	27.4% 540
Unacceptable	4.7% 55	4.7% 31	1.8% 1	1.1% 1	4.5% 88
Don't know	67.3% 783	71.0% 471	30.9% 17	81.1% 73	68.2% 1344
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972