Life Choices, 1990

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ABDEFORM Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements. C. A woman who gives birth to a handicapped child rather than having an abortion is doing the right thing.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	363	19.2%	19.2%	-1.44
Agree	930	49.2%	68.4%	-.24
Disagree	452	23.9%	92.4%	.96
Strongly disagree	144	7.6%	100%	2.16

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	21.9% 81	19.4% 126	18.4% 67	17.6% 65	17.1% 22	19.2% 361
Agree	49.7% 184	52.6% 341	45.9% 167	46.9% 173	47.3% 61	49.3% 926
Disagree	22.4% 83	22.5% 146	28.8% 105	23.0% 85	23.3% 30	23.9% 449
Strongly disagree	5.9% 22	5.4% 35	6.9% 25	12.5% 46	12.4% 16	7.7% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 370	100.0% 648	100.0% 364	100.0% 369	100.0% 129	1880

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.4% 45	13.5% 77	21.2% 152	31.3% 84	19.2% 358
Agree	44.4% 139	49.3% 282	51.5% 369	48.9% 131	49.3% 921
Disagree	29.7% 93	30.4% 174	21.1% 151	11.2% 30	24.0% 448
Strongly disagree	11.5% 36	6.8% 39	6.1% 44	8.6% 23	7.6% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 572	100.0% 716	100.0% 268	1869

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.5% 87	17.7% 111	19.1% 99	16.0% 63	19.1% 360
Agree	43.1% 147	51.1% 321	54.1% 280	45.7% 180	49.3% 928
Disagree	22.9% 78	22.9% 144	20.8% 108	30.5% 120	23.9% 450
Strongly disagree	8.5% 29	8.3% 52	6.0% 31	7.9% 31	7.6% 143
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 628	100.0% 518	100.0% 394	1881

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.3% 108	16.3% 86	20.8% 120	16.3% 49	19.2% 363
Agree	47.0% 228	50.6% 266	50.7% 293	47.7% 143	49.2% 930
Disagree	25.6% 124	26.2% 138	19.4% 112	26.0% 78	23.9% 452
Strongly disagree	5.2% 25	6.8% 36	9.2% 53	10.0% 30	7.6% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 485	100.0% 526	100.0% 578	100.0% 300	1889

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.9% 164	20.1% 189	19.0% 353
Agree	49.1% 451	49.5% 465	49.3% 916
Disagree	25.2% 231	22.7% 213	23.9% 444
Strongly disagree	7.8% 72	7.7% 72	7.8% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 918	100.0% 939	1857

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.0% 192	21.1% 124	14.9% 7	22.6% 19	19.8% 342
Agree	49.2% 497	52.7% 310	29.8% 14	42.9% 36	49.5% 857
Disagree	24.2% 245	20.7% 122	40.4% 19	23.8% 20	23.5% 406
Strongly disagree	7.6% 77	5.4% 32	14.9% 7	10.7% 9	7.2% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 1011	100.0% 588	100.0% 47	100.0% 84	1730