Life Choices, 1990

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GENETEST If [you/your partner] were pregnant, would you want [her] to have a test to find out if the baby has any serious genetic defects?   1) Yes   3) No   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1278	58.8%	58.8%	-.81
No	140	6.4%	65.2%	.26
Don't know	756	34.8%	100%	1.32

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
Yes	62.0% 256	58.0% 434	58.3% 247	60.0% 253	53.8% 84	58.9% 1274
No	7.0% 29	4.3% 32	6.4% 27	7.3% 31	11.5% 18	6.3% 137
Don't know	31.0% 128	37.7% 282	35.4% 150	32.7% 138	34.6% 54	34.8% 752
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
Yes	68.7% 255	65.1% 440	55.7% 450	42.2% 121	59.1% 1266
No	5.1% 19	6.8% 46	6.2% 50	5.6% 16	6.1% 131
Don't know	26.1% 97	28.1% 190	38.1% 308	52.3% 150	34.8% 745
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
Yes	50.8% 199	59.0% 420	58.0% 345	67.0% 312	58.9% 1276
No	8.7% 34	6.3% 45	6.2% 37	4.7% 22	6.4% 138
Don't know	40.6% 159	34.7% 247	35.8% 213	28.3% 132	34.7% 751
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	61.1% 342	54.9% 320	56.8% 382	65.2% 234	58.8% 1278
No	7.9% 44	4.8% 28	7.3% 49	5.3% 19	6.4% 140
Don't know	31.1% 174	40.3% 235	35.9% 241	29.5% 106	34.8% 756
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	61.3% 641	56.2% 611	58.7% 1252
No	6.1% 64	6.6% 72	6.4% 136
Don't know	32.5% 340	37.2% 404	34.9% 744
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Yes	59.0% 687	53.5% 355	81.8% 45	54.4% 49	57.6% 1136
No	6.4% 74	6.8% 45	7.3% 4	3.3% 3	6.4% 126
Don't know	34.6% 403	39.7% 263	10.9% 6	42.2% 38	36.0% 710
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972