Life Choices, 1990

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LRESERCH 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: g. the passage of a law requiring health and safety standards for private abortion clinics.   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	480	41.2%	41.2%	-1.13
Mostly oppose	138	11.8%	53%	-.06
Don't know	548	47%	100%	1

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	40.6% 91	46.2% 178	38.2% 89	35.2% 83	44.0% 37	41.1% 478
Mostly oppose	8.9% 20	10.4% 40	12.4% 29	14.0% 33	19.0% 16	11.9% 138
Don't know	50.4% 113	43.4% 167	49.4% 115	50.8% 120	36.9% 31	47.0% 546
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 385	100.0% 233	100.0% 236	100.0% 84	1162

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Mostly favor	34.2% 68	40.6% 143	44.4% 203	43.0% 61	41.3% 475
Mostly oppose	11.1% 22	9.9% 35	12.3% 56	13.4% 19	11.5% 132
Don't know	54.8% 109	49.4% 174	43.3% 198	43.7% 62	47.2% 543
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 352	100.0% 457	100.0% 142	1150

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Mostly favor	45.8% 98	42.0% 160	42.2% 132	34.5% 87	41.1% 477
Mostly oppose	15.0% 32	12.6% 48	10.5% 33	9.9% 25	11.9% 138
Don't know	39.3% 84	45.4% 173	47.3% 148	55.6% 140	47.0% 545
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 381	100.0% 313	100.0% 252	1160

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	47.5% 152	37.1% 117	44.0% 148	32.3% 63	41.2% 480
Mostly oppose	12.2% 39	9.8% 31	11.9% 40	14.4% 28	11.8% 138
Don't know	40.3% 129	53.0% 167	44.0% 148	53.3% 104	47.0% 548
TOTAL	100.0% 320	100.0% 315	100.0% 336	100.0% 195	1166

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	42.3% 237	40.7% 237	41.5% 474
Mostly oppose	10.7% 60	12.7% 74	11.7% 134
Don't know	47.0% 263	46.7% 272	46.8% 535
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	1143

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	39.6% 234	47.7% 183	27.6% 8	36.7% 18	42.1% 443
Mostly oppose	12.9% 76	11.2% 43	10.3% 3	8.2% 4	12.0% 126
Don't know	47.5% 281	41.1% 158	62.1% 18	55.1% 27	46.0% 484
TOTAL	100.0% 591	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	100.0% 49	1053