Life Choices, 1990

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WBIRCON1 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. J. If a couple is using abortion as a repeated means of birth control - 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	215	9.9%	9.9%	-2.9
Unacceptable	65	3%	12.9%	-1.26
Don't know	1894	87.1%	100%	.37

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	7.7% 32	11.9% 89	10.1% 43	8.8% 37	7.7% 12	9.8% 213
Unacceptable	3.6% 15	2.3% 17	2.6% 11	3.1% 13	5.8% 9	3.0% 65
Don't know	88.6% 366	85.8% 642	87.3% 370	88.2% 372	86.5% 135	87.1% 1885
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	18.9% 70	11.8% 80	6.6% 53	2.4% 7	9.8% 210
Unacceptable	3.5% 13	2.4% 16	3.1% 25	2.8% 8	2.9% 62
Don't know	77.6% 288	85.8% 580	90.3% 730	94.8% 272	87.3% 1870
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	5.1% 20	5.2% 37	11.9% 71	18.2% 85	9.8% 213
Unacceptable	4.3% 17	3.2% 23	1.8% 11	2.8% 13	3.0% 64
Don't know	90.6% 355	91.6% 652	86.2% 513	79.0% 368	87.2% 1888
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	8.4% 47	9.4% 55	8.6% 58	15.3% 55	9.9% 215
Unacceptable	2.9% 16	3.1% 18	2.8% 19	3.3% 12	3.0% 65
Don't know	88.8% 497	87.5% 510	88.5% 595	81.3% 292	87.1% 1894
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	11.7% 122	8.1% 88	9.8% 210
Unacceptable	3.2% 33	2.8% 30	3.0% 63
Don't know	85.2% 890	89.1% 969	87.2% 1859
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	8.5% 99	6.2% 41	34.5% 19	7.8% 7	8.4% 166
Unacceptable	2.8% 33	3.2% 21	3.6% 2	2.2% 2	2.9% 58
Don't know	88.7% 1032	90.6% 601	61.8% 34	90.0% 81	88.6% 1748
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972