Life Choices, 1990

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LBIRCONT 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: c. not allowing abortions in cases where they are being used as a method of birth control.   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	1508	69.4%	69.4%	-.65
Mostly oppose	104	4.8%	74.1%	.5
Don't know	562	25.9%	100%	1.64

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	71.4% 295	70.7% 529	73.8% 313	63.3% 267	62.2% 97	69.4% 1501
Mostly oppose	4.1% 17	3.6% 27	3.5% 15	6.2% 26	11.5% 18	4.8% 103
Don't know	24.5% 101	25.7% 192	22.6% 96	30.6% 129	26.3% 41	25.8% 559
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	56.6% 210	68.9% 466	74.1% 599	74.2% 213	69.5% 1488
Mostly oppose	7.3% 27	3.4% 23	4.1% 33	5.2% 15	4.6% 98
Don't know	36.1% 134	27.7% 187	21.8% 176	20.6% 59	26.0% 556
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	69.6% 273	70.9% 505	70.9% 422	65.2% 304	69.5% 1504
Mostly oppose	5.9% 23	4.4% 31	4.7% 28	4.5% 21	4.8% 103
Don't know	24.5% 96	24.7% 176	24.4% 145	30.3% 141	25.8% 558
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	73.4% 411	68.8% 401	68.8% 462	65.2% 234	69.4% 1508
Mostly oppose	5.5% 31	2.7% 16	5.4% 36	5.8% 21	4.8% 104
Don't know	21.1% 118	28.5% 166	25.9% 174	29.0% 104	25.9% 562
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	70.3% 735	69.0% 750	69.7% 1485
Mostly oppose	4.1% 43	5.2% 57	4.7% 100
Don't know	25.6% 267	25.8% 280	25.7% 547
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	68.8% 801	75.7% 502	40.0% 22	70.0% 63	70.4% 1388
Mostly oppose	4.7% 55	4.5% 30	10.9% 6	1.1% 1	4.7% 92
Don't know	26.5% 308	19.8% 131	49.1% 27	28.9% 26	24.9% 492
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972