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Life Choices, 1990

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TRETARD

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 . . . c. the baby will be mentally retarded. (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	262	13%	13%	-1.86
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	382	18.9%	31.8%	-.92
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	525	26%	57.8%	.02
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	853	42.2%	100%	.97

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	9.7% 38	11.6% 81	13.8% 55	16.1% 62	17.1% 24	12.9% 260
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	15.3% 60	18.9% 132	22.3% 89	20.3% 78	16.4% 23	19.0% 382
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	29.5% 116	27.0% 188	23.8% 95	24.0% 92	22.9% 32	26.0% 523
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	45.5% 179	42.5% 296	40.3% 161	39.6% 152	43.6% 61	42.2% 849
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 697	100.0% 400	100.0% 384	100.0% 140	2014

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	20.5% 71	14.7% 95	10.3% 77	5.7% 15	12.9% 258
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	24.2% 84	23.7% 153	16.2% 121	6.5% 17	18.7% 375
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	25.9% 90	31.4% 203	25.6% 191	14.1% 37	26.0% 521
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	29.4% 102	30.2% 195	47.9% 357	73.7% 193	42.3% 847
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 646	100.0% 746	100.0% 262	2001

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	10.8% 38	10.9% 72	12.7% 72	18.2% 80	13.0% 262
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	14.0% 49	16.7% 110	19.3% 109	25.5% 112	18.9% 380
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	21.9% 77	29.1% 192	25.1% 142	25.7% 113	26.0% 524
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	53.3% 187	43.2% 285	42.8% 242	30.5% 134	42.1% 848
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 659	100.0% 565	100.0% 439	2014

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	15.0% 78	14.3% 77	8.5% 53	15.9% 54	13.0% 262
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	21.7% 113	16.7% 90	17.4% 108	20.9% 71	18.9% 382
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	27.4% 143	25.6% 138	25.2% 157	25.6% 87	26.0% 525
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	35.9% 187	43.4% 234	48.9% 304	37.6% 128	42.2% 853
TOTAL	100.0% 521	100.0% 539	100.0% 622	100.0% 340	2022

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	14.1% 138	11.3% 114	12.7% 252
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	20.9% 204	16.6% 167	18.7% 371
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	24.7% 241	27.9% 281	26.3% 522
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	40.3% 394	44.1% 444	42.3% 838
TOTAL	100.0% 977	100.0% 1006	1983

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	12.8% 138	10.8% 67	29.4% 15	8.1% 7	12.4% 227
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	18.0% 194	17.2% 107	39.2% 20	9.3% 8	17.9% 329
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	26.0% 280	27.7% 172	25.5% 13	20.9% 18	26.3% 483
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	43.2% 466	44.4% 276	5.9% 3	61.6% 53	43.4% 798
TOTAL	100.0% 1078	100.0% 622	100.0% 51	100.0% 86	1837