Life Choices, 1990

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LVIABLE 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: b. in cases where the woman is more than five months pregnant, requiring a test to see if the fetus might survive outside of the womb before allowing the 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	1410	64.9%	64.9%	-.7
Mostly oppose	237	10.9%	75.8%	.48
Don't know	527	24.2%	100%	1.65

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	68.3% 282	67.6% 506	67.0% 284	58.1% 245	55.8% 87	64.9% 1404
Mostly oppose	11.1% 46	9.1% 68	8.3% 35	13.3% 56	19.2% 30	10.9% 235
Don't know	20.6% 85	23.3% 174	24.8% 105	28.7% 121	25.0% 39	24.2% 524
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	57.1% 212	67.0% 453	67.9% 549	63.4% 182	65.2% 1396
Mostly oppose	10.8% 40	9.8% 66	10.4% 84	12.2% 35	10.5% 225
Don't know	32.1% 119	23.2% 157	21.7% 175	24.4% 70	24.3% 521
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	63.5% 249	65.4% 466	65.9% 392	63.9% 298	64.9% 1405
Mostly oppose	14.3% 56	10.8% 77	10.3% 61	9.0% 42	10.9% 236
Don't know	22.2% 87	23.7% 169	23.9% 142	27.0% 126	24.2% 524
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	63.6% 356	66.9% 390	63.8% 429	65.5% 235	64.9% 1410
Mostly oppose	12.9% 72	9.3% 54	11.5% 77	9.5% 34	10.9% 237
Don't know	23.6% 132	23.8% 139	24.7% 166	25.1% 90	24.2% 527
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	64.7% 676	65.2% 709	65.0% 1385
Mostly oppose	9.2% 96	12.3% 134	10.8% 230
Don't know	26.1% 273	22.4% 244	24.2% 517
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	65.9% 767	68.5% 454	34.5% 19	56.7% 51	65.5% 1291
Mostly oppose	11.5% 134	8.4% 56	18.2% 10	14.4% 13	10.8% 213
Don't know	22.6% 263	23.1% 153	47.3% 26	28.9% 26	23.7% 468
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972