Life Choices, 1990

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WABAND1 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. I. If a woman has been abandoned by her partner, the father of the unborn child - 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	593	27.3%	27.3%	-1.59
Unacceptable	106	4.9%	32.2%	-.46
Don't know	1475	67.8%	100%	.67

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	28.6% 118	29.9% 224	25.2% 107	26.3% 111	18.6% 29	27.2% 589
Unacceptable	4.1% 17	5.1% 38	3.5% 15	5.5% 23	8.3% 13	4.9% 106
Don't know	67.3% 278	65.0% 486	71.2% 302	68.2% 288	73.1% 114	67.9% 1468
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	46.1% 171	34.9% 236	18.7% 151	8.7% 25	27.2% 583
Unacceptable	4.3% 16	4.7% 32	5.4% 44	3.1% 9	4.7% 101
Don't know	49.6% 184	60.4% 408	75.9% 613	88.2% 253	68.1% 1458
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	15.6% 61	20.8% 148	30.8% 183	42.7% 199	27.3% 591
Unacceptable	6.1% 24	4.5% 32	4.4% 26	4.9% 23	4.8% 105
Don't know	78.3% 307	74.7% 532	64.9% 386	52.4% 244	67.9% 1469
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	27.9% 156	26.9% 157	22.0% 148	36.8% 132	27.3% 593
Unacceptable	4.3% 24	5.1% 30	5.5% 37	4.2% 15	4.9% 106
Don't know	67.9% 380	67.9% 396	72.5% 487	59.1% 212	67.8% 1475
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	29.0% 303	25.8% 280	27.3% 583
Unacceptable	5.3% 55	4.3% 47	4.8% 102
Don't know	65.7% 687	69.9% 760	67.9% 1447
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	25.7% 299	21.6% 143	60.0% 33	18.9% 17	24.9% 492
Unacceptable	5.1% 59	4.2% 28	5.5% 3	3.3% 3	4.7% 93
Don't know	69.2% 806	74.2% 492	34.5% 19	77.8% 70	70.3% 1387
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972