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Life Choices, 1990

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TOBESE

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 . . . b. the baby will have a genetic tendency toward obesity -- being overweight. (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	36	1.7%	1.7%	-5.3
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	61	2.9%	4.6%	-3.44
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	84	4%	8.7%	-1.58
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	1906	91.3%	100%	.28

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	1.3% 5	1.4% 10	1.2% 5	2.3% 9	4.9% 7	1.7% 36
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	3.0% 12	2.3% 17	2.7% 11	4.0% 16	3.5% 5	2.9% 61
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.8% 19	4.1% 30	2.9% 12	5.0% 20	2.1% 3	4.0% 84
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	91.0% 362	92.1% 668	93.2% 383	88.8% 355	89.5% 128	91.3% 1896
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 725	100.0% 411	100.0% 400	100.0% 143	2077

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	1.7% 6	1.7% 11	1.8% 14	1.8% 5	1.7% 36
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	2.3% 8	3.6% 24	2.5% 19	2.2% 6	2.8% 57
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.5% 16	5.3% 35	3.1% 24	2.5% 7	4.0% 82
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	91.5% 325	89.4% 593	92.6% 710	93.5% 259	91.5% 1887
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 663	100.0% 767	100.0% 277	2062

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	3.6% 13	0.9% 6	1.7% 10	1.5% 7	1.7% 36
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	3.0% 11	3.4% 23	2.8% 16	2.2% 10	2.9% 60
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	2.2% 8	4.0% 27	4.8% 28	4.6% 21	4.0% 84
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	91.2% 333	91.8% 627	90.7% 524	91.6% 415	91.3% 1899
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 683	100.0% 578	100.0% 453	2079

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.9% 10	1.2% 7	1.9% 12	2.0% 7	1.7% 36
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	4.1% 22	2.5% 14	3.0% 19	1.7% 6	2.9% 61
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.8% 26	2.3% 13	5.5% 35	2.9% 10	4.0% 84
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	89.2% 480	93.9% 527	89.7% 576	93.4% 323	91.3% 1906
TOTAL	100.0% 538	100.0% 561	100.0% 642	100.0% 346	2087

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.8% 18	1.6% 17	1.7% 35
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	3.6% 36	2.2% 23	2.9% 59
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	4.1% 41	4.0% 42	4.1% 83
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	90.6% 913	92.1% 957	91.4% 1870
TOTAL	100.0% 1008	100.0% 1039	2047

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	1.4% 16	2.7% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 33
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	2.6% 29	3.3% 21	5.6% 3	1.2% 1	2.9% 54
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	3.6% 40	4.4% 28	5.6% 3	4.7% 4	4.0% 75
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	92.4% 1031	89.7% 572	88.9% 48	94.2% 81	91.4% 1732
TOTAL	100.0% 1116	100.0% 638	100.0% 54	100.0% 86	1894