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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 . . . f. the baby will be missing an arm or a leg. (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	214	10.6%	10.6%	-2.11
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	300	14.8%	25.4%	-1.15
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	365	18%	43.5%	-.2
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	1144	56.5%	100%	.76

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	9.6% 38	8.6% 60	9.2% 37	14.8% 57	16.2% 22	10.6% 214
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	14.0% 55	13.9% 97	14.4% 58	19.5% 75	10.3% 14	14.8% 299
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	19.3% 76	19.1% 133	17.8% 72	15.4% 59	17.6% 24	18.1% 364
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	57.1% 225	58.3% 406	58.7% 237	50.3% 193	55.9% 76	56.5% 1137
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 696	100.0% 404	100.0% 384	100.0% 136	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	16.9% 59	11.9% 76	7.9% 59	6.1% 16	10.5% 210
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	16.6% 58	20.7% 133	12.3% 92	4.9% 13	14.8% 296
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	18.6% 65	21.2% 136	18.3% 137	8.3% 22	18.0% 360
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	47.9% 167	46.2% 296	61.5% 460	80.7% 213	56.7% 1136
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 641	100.0% 748	100.0% 264	2002

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	10.6% 38	8.2% 54	10.7% 60	14.1% 62	10.6% 214
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	10.3% 37	15.9% 104	14.0% 79	17.7% 78	14.8% 298
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	14.5% 52	18.3% 120	19.0% 107	19.3% 85	18.1% 364
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	64.5% 231	57.6% 377	56.3% 317	48.9% 215	56.5% 1140
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 655	100.0% 563	100.0% 440	2016

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	12.3% 64	11.6% 63	6.8% 42	13.2% 45	10.6% 214
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	18.0% 94	12.5% 68	14.1% 87	15.0% 51	14.8% 300
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	21.7% 113	17.3% 94	15.8% 98	17.6% 60	18.0% 365
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	48.0% 250	58.6% 318	63.3% 392	54.1% 184	56.5% 1144
TOTAL	100.0% 521	100.0% 543	100.0% 619	100.0% 340	2023

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	11.9% 116	9.3% 94	10.6% 210
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	16.8% 164	12.9% 130	14.8% 294
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	18.1% 176	17.9% 181	18.0% 357
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	53.2% 518	59.9% 605	56.6% 1123
TOTAL	100.0% 974	100.0% 1010	1984

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	10.2% 111	8.4% 51	30.9% 17	7.1% 6	10.1% 185
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	13.5% 147	15.4% 94	29.1% 16	7.1% 6	14.3% 263
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	16.9% 184	19.7% 120	21.8% 12	14.1% 12	17.9% 328
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	59.3% 645	56.6% 345	18.2% 10	71.8% 61	57.8% 1061
TOTAL	100.0% 1087	100.0% 610	100.0% 55	100.0% 85	1837