Life Choices, 1990

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WOTHSEX1 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. K. If a couple wants a boy and a test has revealed that the baby will be a girl - 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	152	7%	7%	-3.49
Unacceptable	50	2.3%	9.3%	-1.59
Don't know	1972	90.7%	100%	.31

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	6.1% 25	8.0% 60	7.8% 33	6.4% 27	3.2% 5	6.9% 150
Unacceptable	2.2% 9	2.1% 16	1.4% 6	1.9% 8	7.1% 11	2.3% 50
Don't know	91.8% 379	89.8% 672	90.8% 385	91.7% 387	89.7% 140	90.8% 1963
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	11.9% 44	8.1% 55	5.3% 43	2.1% 6	6.9% 148
Unacceptable	3.0% 11	1.3% 9	2.8% 23	1.4% 4	2.2% 47
Don't know	85.2% 316	90.5% 612	91.8% 742	96.5% 277	90.9% 1947
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	3.1% 12	4.2% 30	8.2% 49	12.7% 59	6.9% 150
Unacceptable	3.6% 14	2.5% 18	2.0% 12	1.3% 6	2.3% 50
Don't know	93.4% 366	93.3% 664	89.7% 534	86.1% 401	90.8% 1965
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	5.9% 33	7.4% 43	6.0% 40	10.0% 36	7.0% 152
Unacceptable	2.5% 14	2.2% 13	1.9% 13	2.8% 10	2.3% 50
Don't know	91.6% 513	90.4% 527	92.1% 619	87.2% 313	90.7% 1972
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	8.1% 85	5.8% 63	6.9% 148
Unacceptable	2.3% 24	2.1% 23	2.2% 47
Don't know	89.6% 936	92.1% 1001	90.9% 1937
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	5.6% 65	5.0% 33	25.5% 14	5.6% 5	5.9% 117
Unacceptable	2.0% 23	2.9% 19	3.6% 2	1.1% 1	2.3% 45
Don't know	92.4% 1076	92.2% 611	70.9% 39	93.3% 84	91.8% 1810
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972