Life Choices, 1990

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LPARCONS Here is some legislation on abortion that is being considered in some states. Please indicate whether you mostly favor or mostly oppose the following proposals: a. requiring that women under 18 years of age get parental consent before they are allowed to have an abortion.   1) Mostly favor   3) Mostly oppose   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mostly favor	1545	71.1%	71.1%	-.62
Mostly oppose	118	5.4%	76.5%	.56
Don't know	511	23.5%	100%	1.74

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Mostly favor	63.9% 264	70.5% 527	75.5% 320	75.4% 318	70.5% 110	71.2% 1539
Mostly oppose	5.6% 23	4.1% 31	4.2% 18	6.2% 26	11.5% 18	5.4% 116
Don't know	30.5% 126	25.4% 190	20.3% 86	18.5% 78	17.9% 28	23.5% 508
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Mostly favor	52.8% 196	66.4% 449	79.3% 641	83.3% 239	71.2% 1525
Mostly oppose	5.1% 19	5.5% 37	5.0% 40	5.2% 15	5.2% 111
Don't know	42.0% 156	28.1% 190	15.7% 127	11.5% 33	23.6% 506
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Mostly favor	75.3% 295	76.3% 543	69.4% 413	61.6% 287	71.0% 1538
Mostly oppose	7.1% 28	5.6% 40	4.9% 29	4.3% 20	5.4% 117
Don't know	17.6% 69	18.1% 129	25.7% 153	34.1% 159	23.6% 510
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	71.1% 398	72.6% 423	76.2% 512	59.1% 212	71.1% 1545
Mostly oppose	3.6% 20	5.5% 32	5.4% 36	8.4% 30	5.4% 118
Don't know	25.4% 142	22.0% 128	18.5% 124	32.6% 117	23.5% 511
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	71.9% 751	70.5% 766	71.2% 1517
Mostly oppose	4.4% 46	6.2% 67	5.3% 113
Don't know	23.7% 248	23.4% 254	23.5% 502
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	75.3% 876	72.2% 479	40.0% 22	74.4% 67	73.2% 1444
Mostly oppose	5.5% 64	5.9% 39	5.5% 3	3.3% 3	5.5% 109
Don't know	19.2% 224	21.9% 145	54.5% 30	22.2% 20	21.2% 419
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972