Life Choices, 1990

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LFACONS 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: d. requiring women to get the consent of the baby's biological father before having 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	1174	54%	54%	-.88
Mostly oppose	207	9.5%	63.5%	.19
Don't know	793	36.5%	100%	1.26

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	60.0% 248	50.3% 376	53.1% 225	57.1% 241	51.3% 80	54.1% 1170
Mostly oppose	8.5% 35	9.0% 67	10.6% 45	7.3% 31	17.3% 27	9.5% 205
Don't know	31.5% 130	40.8% 305	36.3% 154	35.5% 150	31.4% 49	36.4% 788
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	39.6% 147	47.6% 322	62.5% 505	65.9% 189	54.3% 1163
Mostly oppose	8.1% 30	8.7% 59	8.9% 72	12.2% 35	9.2% 196
Don't know	52.3% 194	43.6% 295	28.6% 231	22.0% 63	36.6% 783
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	63.8% 250	58.8% 419	51.9% 309	41.4% 193	54.1% 1171
Mostly oppose	11.2% 44	10.1% 72	7.9% 47	8.8% 41	9.4% 204
Don't know	25.0% 98	31.0% 221	40.2% 239	49.8% 232	36.5% 790
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	47.9% 268	55.6% 324	61.2% 411	47.6% 171	54.0% 1174
Mostly oppose	9.1% 51	8.1% 47	11.0% 74	9.7% 35	9.5% 207
Don't know	43.0% 241	36.4% 212	27.8% 187	42.6% 153	36.5% 793
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	57.7% 603	50.8% 552	54.2% 1155
Mostly oppose	9.0% 94	9.8% 106	9.4% 200
Don't know	33.3% 348	39.5% 429	36.4% 777
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	56.3% 655	56.4% 374	27.3% 15	55.6% 50	55.5% 1094
Mostly oppose	10.2% 119	8.4% 56	7.3% 4	12.2% 11	9.6% 190
Don't know	33.5% 390	35.1% 233	65.5% 36	32.2% 29	34.9% 688
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972