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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: h. in states that restrict abortions, require doctors who perform an illegal abortion to pay a large fine.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mostly favor	1543	71%	71%	-.62
Mostly oppose	143	6.6%	77.6%	.58
Don't know	488	22.4%	100%	1.78

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	72.4% 299	70.5% 527	72.6% 308	71.6% 302	64.1% 100	71.0% 1536
Mostly oppose	6.8% 28	5.6% 42	5.0% 21	7.1% 30	14.1% 22	6.6% 143
Don't know	20.8% 86	23.9% 179	22.4% 95	21.3% 90	21.8% 34	22.4% 484
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	60.4% 224	67.6% 457	75.9% 613	80.1% 230	71.1% 1524
Mostly oppose	6.7% 25	5.9% 40	6.6% 53	7.0% 20	6.4% 138
Don't know	32.9% 122	26.5% 179	17.6% 142	12.9% 37	22.4% 480
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	73.0% 286	76.1% 542	69.9% 416	62.7% 292	70.9% 1536
Mostly oppose	8.7% 34	5.6% 40	6.7% 40	6.2% 29	6.6% 143
Don't know	18.4% 72	18.3% 130	23.4% 139	31.1% 145	22.4% 486
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly favor	71.3% 399	71.7% 418	74.4% 500	63.0% 226	71.0% 1543
Mostly oppose	5.2% 29	6.0% 35	7.4% 50	8.1% 29	6.6% 143
Don't know	23.6% 132	22.3% 130	18.2% 122	29.0% 104	22.4% 488
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly favor	72.1% 753	70.4% 765	71.2% 1518
Mostly oppose	5.6% 58	7.2% 78	6.4% 136
Don't know	22.4% 234	22.4% 244	22.4% 478
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mostly favor	71.7% 835	75.6% 501	47.3% 26	72.2% 65	72.4% 1427
Mostly oppose	6.6% 77	5.4% 36	7.3% 4	10.0% 9	6.4% 126
Don't know	21.6% 252	19.0% 126	45.5% 25	17.8% 16	21.2% 419
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972