Life Choices, 1990

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ABADOPT Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements. A. Abortion is usually a better option than giving a child up for adoption   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	92	4.5%	4.5%	-2.87
Agree	164	8%	12.5%	-1.61
Disagree	882	43.1%	55.6%	-.34
Strongly disagree	907	44.4%	100%	.92

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
Strongly agree	3.4% 13	5.3% 38	3.7% 15	4.0% 16	7.0% 10	4.5% 92
Agree	10.2% 39	6.3% 45	8.4% 34	9.1% 36	6.3% 9	8.0% 163
Disagree	41.0% 157	44.2% 314	43.4% 175	42.4% 168	45.1% 64	43.1% 878
Strongly disagree	45.4% 174	44.2% 314	44.4% 179	44.4% 176	41.5% 59	44.3% 902
TOTAL	100.0% 383	100.0% 711	100.0% 403	100.0% 396	100.0% 142	2035

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.4% 25	4.0% 25	3.9% 30	3.3% 9	4.4% 89
Agree	13.9% 47	10.1% 64	5.3% 41	2.5% 7	7.9% 159
Disagree	46.0% 156	50.1% 316	40.6% 314	31.5% 87	43.2% 873
Strongly disagree	32.7% 111	35.8% 226	50.2% 388	62.7% 173	44.5% 898
TOTAL	100.0% 339	100.0% 631	100.0% 773	100.0% 276	2019

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 12	3.8% 26	5.9% 33	4.8% 21	4.5% 92
Agree	8.5% 31	6.2% 42	9.6% 54	8.5% 37	8.1% 164
Disagree	41.5% 151	42.9% 290	41.0% 231	47.8% 207	43.2% 879
Strongly disagree	46.7% 170	47.0% 318	43.6% 246	38.8% 168	44.3% 902
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 676	100.0% 564	100.0% 433	2037

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 20	4.3% 24	4.3% 27	6.4% 21	4.5% 92
Agree	9.0% 47	6.0% 34	7.1% 45	11.5% 38	8.0% 164
Disagree	43.5% 226	46.3% 261	41.7% 263	40.0% 132	43.1% 882
Strongly disagree	43.7% 227	43.4% 245	46.9% 296	42.1% 139	44.4% 907
TOTAL	100.0% 520	100.0% 564	100.0% 631	100.0% 330	2045

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 45	4.5% 46	4.5% 91
Agree	8.1% 80	7.9% 80	8.0% 160
Disagree	47.9% 474	38.8% 395	43.3% 869
Strongly disagree	39.5% 391	48.8% 497	44.2% 888
TOTAL	100.0% 990	100.0% 1018	2008

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 48	4.3% 27	8.9% 4	2.3% 2	4.3% 81
Agree	7.9% 87	7.0% 44	17.8% 8	5.7% 5	7.7% 144
Disagree	44.7% 494	38.3% 241	46.7% 21	37.5% 33	42.3% 789
Strongly disagree	43.0% 475	50.4% 317	26.7% 12	54.5% 48	45.7% 852
TOTAL	100.0% 1104	100.0% 629	100.0% 45	100.0% 88	1866