Life Choices, 1990

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GSSRAPEV Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion . . . b. if the woman became pregnant as a result of rape.   1) Yes   3) No   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1577	72.5%	72.5%	-.59
No	165	7.6%	80.1%	.65
Don't know	432	19.9%	100%	1.9

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	78.2% 323	74.9% 560	70.3% 298	70.1% 296	59.6% 93	72.6% 1570
No	4.8% 20	6.0% 45	7.8% 33	10.9% 46	13.5% 21	7.6% 165
Don't know	16.9% 70	19.1% 143	21.9% 93	19.0% 80	26.9% 42	19.8% 428
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	84.9% 315	81.7% 552	70.2% 567	41.5% 119	72.5% 1553
No	3.8% 14	6.5% 44	8.4% 68	11.8% 34	7.5% 160
Don't know	11.3% 42	11.8% 80	21.4% 173	46.7% 134	20.0% 429
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	58.2% 228	71.2% 507	76.1% 453	82.8% 386	72.7% 1574
No	10.2% 40	8.0% 57	7.4% 44	4.9% 23	7.6% 164
Don't know	31.6% 124	20.8% 148	16.5% 98	12.2% 57	19.7% 427
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	78.0% 437	71.0% 414	66.4% 446	78.0% 280	72.5% 1577
No	5.9% 33	7.5% 44	10.1% 68	5.6% 20	7.6% 165
Don't know	16.1% 90	21.4% 125	23.5% 158	16.4% 59	19.9% 432
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	74.8% 782	70.6% 767	72.7% 1549
No	7.7% 80	7.4% 80	7.5% 160
Don't know	17.5% 183	22.1% 240	19.8% 423
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Yes	71.0% 826	71.2% 472	90.9% 50	65.6% 59	71.3% 1407
No	7.4% 86	8.3% 55	7.3% 4	3.3% 3	7.5% 148
Don't know	21.6% 252	20.5% 136	1.8% 1	31.1% 28	21.1% 417
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972