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Life Choices, 1990

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TBLIND

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 . . . e. the baby will be born blind. (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	184	9%	9%	-2.25
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	289	14.2%	23.2%	-1.26
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	360	17.6%	40.8%	-.27
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	1209	59.2%	100%	.72

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	6.6% 26	7.0% 49	8.8% 36	13.6% 53	14.4% 20	9.1% 184
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	12.7% 50	13.7% 96	15.0% 61	15.9% 62	13.7% 19	14.2% 288
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	19.6% 77	17.2% 121	19.1% 78	16.7% 65	12.9% 18	17.7% 359
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	61.1% 240	62.2% 437	57.1% 233	53.8% 210	59.0% 82	59.1% 1202
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 703	100.0% 408	100.0% 390	100.0% 139	2033

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	16.4% 58	9.3% 60	6.4% 48	4.9% 13	8.9% 179
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	14.4% 51	18.8% 122	13.4% 101	4.5% 12	14.2% 286
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	18.1% 64	22.8% 148	15.8% 119	8.7% 23	17.5% 354
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	51.0% 180	49.1% 318	64.5% 486	81.9% 217	59.5% 1201
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 648	100.0% 754	100.0% 265	2020

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	10.0% 36	6.8% 45	8.5% 48	12.3% 55	9.0% 184
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	12.5% 45	13.3% 88	12.4% 70	18.8% 84	14.1% 287
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	10.5% 38	19.7% 131	17.6% 99	20.5% 92	17.7% 360
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	67.0% 242	60.2% 400	61.5% 346	48.4% 217	59.2% 1205
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 664	100.0% 563	100.0% 448	2036

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	11.2% 59	9.5% 52	5.9% 37	10.5% 36	9.0% 184
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	17.2% 91	13.7% 75	12.4% 77	13.4% 46	14.2% 289
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	19.1% 101	13.9% 76	17.7% 110	21.2% 73	17.6% 360
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	52.5% 277	62.9% 344	64.0% 399	54.9% 189	59.2% 1209
TOTAL	100.0% 528	100.0% 547	100.0% 623	100.0% 344	2042

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	11.1% 110	6.8% 69	8.9% 179
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	16.9% 167	11.4% 116	14.1% 283
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	17.2% 170	18.4% 187	17.8% 357
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	54.8% 542	63.3% 643	59.1% 1185
TOTAL	100.0% 989	100.0% 1015	2004

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	8.5% 93	7.4% 46	27.8% 15	4.7% 4	8.5% 158
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	12.9% 142	13.9% 86	31.5% 17	5.9% 5	13.5% 250
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	17.3% 190	18.4% 114	20.4% 11	10.6% 9	17.5% 324
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	61.3% 673	60.3% 373	20.4% 11	78.8% 67	60.6% 1124
TOTAL	100.0% 1098	100.0% 619	100.0% 54	100.0% 85	1856