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Life Choices, 1990

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TTERMILL

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 . . . d. the baby will be born with a terminal illness that ends its life within six years. (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	508	25.1%	25.1%	-1.38
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	408	20.2%	45.3%	-.56
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	332	16.4%	61.7%	.26
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	776	38.3%	100%	1.08

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	23.4% 93	23.9% 167	26.8% 107	29.1% 110	20.9% 29	25.1% 506
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	19.1% 76	22.7% 159	18.0% 72	20.4% 77	17.3% 24	20.3% 408
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	21.2% 84	16.9% 118	15.5% 62	12.7% 48	13.7% 19	16.4% 331
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	36.3% 144	36.6% 256	39.8% 159	37.8% 143	48.2% 67	38.2% 769
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 700	100.0% 400	100.0% 378	100.0% 139	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	38.4% 136	31.0% 200	18.5% 137	11.4% 30	25.1% 503
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	22.9% 81	25.9% 167	18.1% 134	8.4% 22	20.2% 404
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	13.3% 47	16.4% 106	19.6% 145	11.0% 29	16.3% 327
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	25.4% 90	26.7% 172	43.7% 323	69.2% 182	38.3% 767
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 645	100.0% 739	100.0% 263	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	18.3% 65	21.2% 140	27.6% 155	33.4% 148	25.2% 508
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	17.1% 61	20.9% 138	17.8% 100	24.4% 108	20.2% 407
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	12.6% 45	17.5% 115	19.4% 109	14.2% 63	16.4% 332
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	52.0% 185	40.4% 266	35.1% 197	28.0% 124	38.2% 772
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 659	100.0% 561	100.0% 443	2019

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	28.7% 149	23.9% 130	19.5% 121	31.7% 108	25.1% 508
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	22.1% 115	18.8% 102	19.1% 118	21.4% 73	20.2% 408
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	17.7% 92	17.1% 93	15.5% 96	15.0% 51	16.4% 332
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	31.5% 164	40.3% 219	45.9% 284	32.0% 109	38.3% 776
TOTAL	100.0% 520	100.0% 544	100.0% 619	100.0% 341	2024

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	27.7% 273	22.2% 222	24.9% 495
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	21.8% 215	18.6% 186	20.2% 401
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	15.1% 149	18.0% 180	16.6% 329
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	35.4% 349	41.1% 411	38.3% 760
TOTAL	100.0% 986	100.0% 999	1985

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	25.5% 277	19.6% 120	59.6% 31	13.1% 11	23.9% 439
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	18.6% 202	19.4% 119	23.1% 12	21.4% 18	19.1% 351
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	16.5% 179	19.3% 118	7.7% 4	13.1% 11	17.0% 312
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	39.5% 430	41.7% 255	9.6% 5	52.4% 44	40.0% 734
TOTAL	100.0% 1088	100.0% 612	100.0% 52	100.0% 84	1836