Life Choices, 1990

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POSNEGPL Have the things you have heard about pro-life groups been very positive, somewhat positive, somewhat negative, or very negative?   1) Very positive   2) Somewhat positive   3) Somewhat negative   4) Very negative   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very positive	247	14.1%	14.1%	-1.45
Somewhat positive	655	37.3%	51.4%	-.57
Somewhat negative	462	26.3%	77.7%	.3
Very negative	235	13.4%	91.1%	1.17
Don't know	157	8.9%	100%	2.05

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
Very positive	12.0% 38	12.3% 79	15.9% 57	14.8% 49	20.6% 20	13.9% 243
Somewhat positive	39.4% 125	37.8% 243	37.0% 133	36.6% 121	30.9% 30	37.3% 652
Somewhat negative	27.8% 88	30.9% 199	25.3% 91	20.5% 68	16.5% 16	26.4% 462
Very negative	12.6% 40	12.4% 80	13.6% 49	14.8% 49	16.5% 16	13.4% 234
Don't know	8.2% 26	6.5% 42	8.1% 29	13.3% 44	15.5% 15	8.9% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 643	100.0% 359	100.0% 331	100.0% 97	1747

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Very positive	8.3% 25	7.1% 40	16.7% 108	32.9% 74	14.2% 247
Somewhat positive	24.2% 73	34.9% 197	45.8% 297	37.3% 84	37.4% 651
Somewhat negative	32.8% 99	32.0% 181	21.3% 138	16.9% 38	26.2% 456
Very negative	26.2% 79	15.9% 90	8.2% 53	5.3% 12	13.4% 234
Don't know	8.6% 26	10.1% 57	8.0% 52	7.6% 17	8.7% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 565	100.0% 648	100.0% 225	1740

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Very positive	18.0% 40	14.9% 86	15.1% 78	9.4% 41	14.0% 245
Somewhat positive	33.3% 74	43.4% 250	36.9% 191	32.0% 139	37.4% 654
Somewhat negative	21.2% 47	22.0% 127	27.2% 141	33.4% 145	26.3% 460
Very negative	9.5% 21	8.3% 48	15.1% 78	20.0% 87	13.4% 234
Don't know	18.0% 40	11.3% 65	5.8% 30	5.1% 22	9.0% 157
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 576	100.0% 518	100.0% 434	1750

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very positive	14.0% 66	14.0% 70	15.2% 72	12.6% 39	14.1% 247
Somewhat positive	37.7% 178	41.1% 205	36.0% 171	32.6% 101	37.3% 655
Somewhat negative	25.8% 122	26.7% 133	25.3% 120	28.1% 87	26.3% 462
Very negative	13.8% 65	11.0% 55	12.0% 57	18.7% 58	13.4% 235
Don't know	8.7% 41	7.2% 36	11.6% 55	8.1% 25	8.9% 157
TOTAL	100.0% 472	100.0% 499	100.0% 475	100.0% 310	1756

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very positive	11.7% 97	15.8% 141	13.8% 238
Somewhat positive	38.4% 319	36.6% 328	37.5% 647
Somewhat negative	28.1% 233	24.8% 222	26.4% 455
Very negative	12.8% 106	14.0% 125	13.4% 231
Don't know	9.0% 75	8.8% 79	8.9% 154
TOTAL	100.0% 830	100.0% 895	1725

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very positive	13.1% 120	18.2% 101	2.3% 1	17.7% 14	14.8% 236
Somewhat positive	35.4% 324	45.9% 255	13.6% 6	39.2% 31	38.7% 616
Somewhat negative	29.0% 265	20.7% 115	29.5% 13	22.8% 18	25.8% 411
Very negative	12.1% 111	8.1% 45	50.0% 22	12.7% 10	11.8% 188
Don't know	10.3% 94	7.0% 39	4.5% 2	7.6% 6	8.9% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 555	100.0% 44	100.0% 79	1592