Life Choices, 1990

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GSSDEFRM Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion . . . a. if there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby.   1) Yes   3) No   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1325	60.9%	60.9%	-.76
No	206	9.5%	70.4%	.35
Don't know	643	29.6%	100%	1.46

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
Yes	62.2% 257	61.8% 462	60.8% 258	63.0% 266	50.0% 78	61.1% 1321
No	8.7% 36	9.5% 71	7.1% 30	10.4% 44	16.0% 25	9.5% 206
Don't know	29.1% 120	28.7% 215	32.1% 136	26.5% 112	34.0% 53	29.4% 636
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
Yes	75.2% 279	72.3% 489	56.2% 454	30.0% 86	61.1% 1308
No	7.3% 27	7.8% 53	10.4% 84	11.5% 33	9.2% 197
Don't know	17.5% 65	19.8% 134	33.4% 270	58.5% 168	29.7% 637
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
Yes	45.7% 179	60.7% 432	63.2% 376	71.9% 335	61.1% 1322
No	13.3% 52	9.1% 65	9.2% 55	7.1% 33	9.5% 205
Don't know	41.1% 161	30.2% 215	27.6% 164	21.0% 98	29.5% 638
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	66.3% 371	61.7% 360	51.2% 344	69.6% 250	60.9% 1325
No	10.5% 59	8.7% 51	10.6% 71	7.0% 25	9.5% 206
Don't know	23.2% 130	29.5% 172	38.2% 257	23.4% 84	29.6% 643
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	61.1% 638	60.8% 661	60.9% 1299
No	9.6% 100	9.0% 98	9.3% 198
Don't know	29.4% 307	30.2% 328	29.8% 635
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Yes	60.7% 706	57.5% 381	81.8% 45	47.8% 43	59.6% 1175
No	9.3% 108	10.4% 69	10.9% 6	4.4% 4	9.5% 187
Don't know	30.1% 350	32.1% 213	7.3% 4	47.8% 43	30.9% 610
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972