Life Choices, 1990

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Custom Table
• Results

LINFCONS 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: e. requiring women to receive information about fetal development and alternatives to abortion before going ahead with the procedure.   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	1861	85.6%	85.6%	-.39
Mostly oppose	97	4.5%	90.1%	1.22
Don't know	216	9.9%	100%	2.84

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	85.0% 351	87.6% 655	86.3% 366	85.5% 361	78.8% 123	85.8% 1856
Mostly oppose	4.6% 19	2.4% 18	4.0% 17	5.0% 21	12.8% 20	4.4% 95
Don't know	10.4% 43	10.0% 75	9.7% 41	9.5% 40	8.3% 13	9.8% 212
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	79.2% 294	86.8% 587	87.9% 710	86.1% 247	85.8% 1838
Mostly oppose	5.9% 22	3.6% 24	4.2% 34	4.5% 13	4.3% 93
Don't know	14.8% 55	9.6% 65	7.9% 64	9.4% 27	9.9% 211
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	82.1% 322	87.1% 620	86.4% 514	85.8% 400	85.7% 1856
Mostly oppose	6.9% 27	4.6% 33	4.5% 27	1.9% 9	4.4% 96
Don't know	11.0% 43	8.3% 59	9.1% 54	12.2% 57	9.8% 213
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	87.0% 487	87.3% 509	83.2% 559	85.2% 306	85.6% 1861
Mostly oppose	3.4% 19	3.3% 19	5.8% 39	5.6% 20	4.5% 97
Don't know	9.6% 54	9.4% 55	11.0% 74	9.2% 33	9.9% 216
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	85.2% 890	86.1% 936	85.6% 1826
Mostly oppose	4.8% 50	4.1% 45	4.5% 95
Don't know	10.0% 105	9.8% 106	9.9% 211
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	85.8% 999	86.9% 576	81.8% 45	88.9% 80	86.2% 1700
Mostly oppose	5.1% 59	3.5% 23	7.3% 4	2.2% 2	4.5% 88
Don't know	9.1% 106	9.7% 64	10.9% 6	8.9% 8	9.3% 184
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972