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Life Choices, 1990

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New technologies make it possible to discover many things about the unborn early in the pregnancy. For each of the following test results I read, please tell me which statement on this card best describes your feelings. Just call off the letter. A test reveals . . . a. the baby will be the opposite sex of what the parents had wanted. (See note 4 on the ARDA summary page)

	1) Serious enough to have an abortion
	2) Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion
	3) Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion
	4) Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Serious enough to have an abortion	37	1.8%	1.8%	-5.29
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	62	2.9%	4.7%	-3.44
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	75	3.6%	8.3%	-1.58
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	1930	91.7%	100%	.27

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.7% 7	1.2% 9	1.4% 6	2.2% 9	4.1% 6	1.8% 37
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	3.0% 12	3.6% 26	2.4% 10	2.7% 11	1.4% 2	2.9% 61
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.9% 20	3.2% 23	2.9% 12	4.0% 16	2.0% 3	3.5% 74
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	90.4% 366	92.0% 667	93.3% 387	91.0% 365	92.6% 137	91.8% 1922
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 725	100.0% 415	100.0% 401	100.0% 148	2094

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.4% 5	1.5% 10	1.9% 15	2.5% 7	1.8% 37
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	4.2% 15	3.0% 20	2.0% 16	1.8% 5	2.7% 56
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.4% 16	4.6% 30	2.4% 19	3.6% 10	3.6% 75
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	90.0% 325	90.9% 599	93.6% 731	92.1% 256	91.9% 1911
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 659	100.0% 781	100.0% 278	2079

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	3.5% 13	1.6% 11	1.6% 9	0.9% 4	1.8% 37
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	2.4% 9	2.5% 17	3.1% 18	3.7% 17	2.9% 61
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.3% 16	3.9% 27	3.3% 19	2.8% 13	3.6% 75
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	89.8% 333	92.0% 636	92.0% 531	92.6% 423	91.7% 1923
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 691	100.0% 577	100.0% 457	2096

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.7% 9	1.6% 9	2.0% 13	1.7% 6	1.8% 37
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	3.3% 18	1.9% 11	4.0% 26	2.0% 7	2.9% 62
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.4% 24	2.6% 15	3.7% 24	3.5% 12	3.6% 75
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	90.6% 494	93.8% 532	90.3% 584	92.8% 320	91.7% 1930
TOTAL	100.0% 545	100.0% 567	100.0% 647	100.0% 345	2104

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.9% 19	1.5% 16	1.7% 35
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	2.7% 27	3.3% 35	3.0% 62
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	3.7% 37	3.4% 36	3.5% 73
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	91.8% 929	91.7% 966	91.8% 1895
TOTAL	100.0% 1012	100.0% 1053	2065

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.8% 20	1.9% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 32
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	2.0% 22	4.4% 28	5.5% 3	2.3% 2	2.9% 55
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	3.1% 35	4.0% 26	5.5% 3	2.3% 2	3.5% 66
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	93.2% 1048	89.7% 576	89.1% 49	95.4% 83	92.0% 1756
TOTAL	100.0% 1125	100.0% 642	100.0% 55	100.0% 87	1909