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Life Choices, 1990

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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: f. the passage of a law prohibiting the use of fetal tissue and organs for medical research.

	1) Mostly favor
	3) Mostly oppose
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mostly favor	1857	85.4%	85.4%	-.4
Mostly oppose	101	4.6%	90.1%	1.22
Don't know	216	9.9%	100%	2.83

Variable Comparisons

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	84.0% 347	87.6% 655	88.9% 377	82.9% 350	78.2% 122	85.6% 1851
Mostly oppose	4.6% 19	4.0% 30	2.4% 10	5.2% 22	11.5% 18	4.6% 99
Don't know	11.4% 47	8.4% 63	8.7% 37	11.8% 50	10.3% 16	9.8% 213
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	86.8% 322	89.3% 604	84.3% 681	78.7% 226	85.6% 1833
Mostly oppose	3.8% 14	3.0% 20	5.1% 41	7.7% 22	4.5% 97
Don't know	9.4% 35	7.7% 52	10.6% 86	13.6% 39	9.9% 212
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	75.8% 297	83.7% 596	89.1% 530	91.6% 427	85.5% 1850
Mostly oppose	8.9% 35	4.8% 34	3.4% 20	2.6% 12	4.7% 101
Don't know	15.3% 60	11.5% 82	7.6% 45	5.8% 27	9.9% 214
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	87.7% 491	83.9% 489	82.6% 555	89.7% 322	85.4% 1857
Mostly oppose	3.4% 19	5.0% 29	5.7% 38	4.2% 15	4.6% 101
Don't know	8.9% 50	11.1% 65	11.8% 79	6.1% 22	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	87.0% 909	83.8% 911	85.4% 1820
Mostly oppose	3.3% 35	6.0% 65	4.7% 100
Don't know	9.7% 101	10.2% 111	9.9% 212
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	85.5% 995	84.3% 559	90.9% 50	83.3% 75	85.1% 1679
Mostly oppose	4.6% 54	4.8% 32	1.8% 1	6.7% 6	4.7% 93
Don't know	9.9% 115	10.9% 72	7.3% 4	10.0% 9	10.1% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972