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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 . . . g. the baby will have a serious heart defect. (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	249	12.3%	12.3%	-1.92
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	358	17.7%	30%	-.99
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	416	20.6%	50.6%	-.06
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	998	49.4%	100%	.86

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	12.0% 47	11.3% 79	10.3% 42	15.2% 58	16.4% 22	12.3% 248
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	15.3% 60	18.5% 129	17.2% 70	21.5% 82	11.9% 16	17.7% 357
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	24.8% 97	21.1% 147	21.6% 88	15.7% 60	17.9% 24	20.7% 416
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	47.8% 187	49.1% 343	51.0% 208	47.5% 181	53.7% 72	49.3% 991
TOTAL	100.0% 391	100.0% 698	100.0% 408	100.0% 381	100.0% 134	2012

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	19.5% 69	14.4% 92	9.0% 67	6.1% 16	12.2% 244
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	23.2% 82	21.2% 135	15.3% 114	8.3% 22	17.7% 353
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	22.1% 78	27.2% 173	18.1% 135	10.2% 27	20.7% 413
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	35.1% 124	37.2% 237	57.5% 428	75.4% 199	49.4% 988
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 637	100.0% 744	100.0% 264	1998

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	11.8% 42	9.8% 64	12.6% 71	16.4% 72	12.4% 249
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	12.4% 44	17.1% 112	17.9% 101	22.6% 99	17.7% 356
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	14.6% 52	21.4% 140	22.2% 125	22.3% 98	20.6% 415
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	61.1% 217	51.8% 339	47.3% 267	38.7% 170	49.3% 993
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 655	100.0% 564	100.0% 439	2013

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	11.9% 62	11.1% 61	9.6% 59	20.0% 67	12.3% 249
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	21.1% 110	16.4% 90	16.5% 102	16.7% 56	17.7% 358
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	23.6% 123	20.1% 110	18.5% 114	20.6% 69	20.6% 416
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	43.4% 226	52.4% 287	55.4% 342	42.7% 143	49.4% 998
TOTAL	100.0% 521	100.0% 548	100.0% 617	100.0% 335	2021

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	13.8% 135	10.4% 104	12.1% 239
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	20.2% 198	15.2% 153	17.7% 351
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	19.5% 191	21.9% 220	20.7% 411
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	46.4% 454	52.5% 527	49.5% 981
TOTAL	100.0% 978	100.0% 1004	1982

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Serious enough to have an abortion	12.0% 131	9.3% 57	38.5% 20	6.2% 5	11.6% 213
Serious enough to strongly consider an abortion	15.9% 173	18.2% 112	30.8% 16	12.3% 10	16.9% 311
Serious enough to give a little consideration to an abortion	20.9% 227	20.7% 127	17.3% 9	16.0% 13	20.5% 376
Not a consideration, you would definitely not consider an abortion	51.2% 557	51.9% 319	13.5% 7	65.4% 53	51.0% 936
TOTAL	100.0% 1088	100.0% 615	100.0% 52	100.0% 81	1836