Life Choices, 1990

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PLSILMAJ For each of the following phrases, tell me how well you think it describes people who are pro-life . . . does it describe them very well, somewhat, not very well, or not at all? H. Silent majority   1) Very well   2) Well   3) Not very well   4) Not at all well   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very well	120	6.8%	6.8%	-2.04
Well	322	18.3%	25.2%	-1.1
Not very well	639	36.4%	61.6%	-.16
Not at all well	488	27.8%	89.4%	.78
Don't know	187	10.6%	100%	1.72

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 well	6.3% 20	5.3% 34	9.2% 33	7.6% 25	7.2% 7	6.8% 119
Well	18.0% 57	17.3% 111	18.4% 66	21.1% 70	16.5% 16	18.3% 320
Not very well	39.7% 126	38.9% 250	34.0% 122	31.7% 105	35.1% 34	36.5% 637
Not at all well	25.6% 81	29.2% 188	27.9% 100	29.0% 96	22.7% 22	27.9% 487
Don't know	10.4% 33	9.3% 60	10.6% 38	10.6% 35	18.6% 18	10.5% 184
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 well	6.3% 19	4.1% 23	8.6% 56	9.3% 21	6.8% 119
Well	13.9% 42	15.4% 87	21.0% 136	24.0% 54	18.3% 319
Not very well	31.8% 96	39.8% 225	35.3% 229	37.8% 85	36.5% 635
Not at all well	39.4% 119	29.4% 166	23.6% 153	20.0% 45	27.8% 483
Don't know	8.6% 26	11.3% 64	11.4% 74	8.9% 20	10.6% 184
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 well	8.1% 18	6.9% 40	6.8% 35	6.0% 26	6.8% 119
Well	22.5% 50	20.3% 117	18.1% 94	14.1% 61	18.4% 322
Not very well	28.4% 63	37.5% 216	37.6% 195	38.0% 165	36.5% 639
Not at all well	21.2% 47	23.6% 136	29.0% 150	34.8% 151	27.7% 484
Don't know	19.8% 44	11.6% 67	8.5% 44	7.1% 31	10.6% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 576	100.0% 518	100.0% 434	1750

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very well	8.1% 38	5.2% 26	8.8% 42	4.5% 14	6.8% 120
Well	18.0% 85	18.6% 93	16.6% 79	21.0% 65	18.3% 322
Not very well	35.6% 168	41.3% 206	34.9% 166	31.9% 99	36.4% 639
Not at all well	28.2% 133	27.1% 135	24.4% 116	33.5% 104	27.8% 488
Don't know	10.2% 48	7.8% 39	15.2% 72	9.0% 28	10.6% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 472	100.0% 499	100.0% 475	100.0% 310	1756

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well	8.0% 66	5.8% 52	6.8% 118
Well	19.8% 164	17.2% 154	18.4% 318
Not very well	36.1% 300	36.9% 330	36.5% 630
Not at all well	26.9% 223	28.4% 254	27.7% 477
Don't know	9.3% 77	11.7% 105	10.6% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 830	100.0% 895	1725

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very well	6.0% 55	9.2% 51	6.8% 3	5.1% 4	7.1% 113
Well	19.0% 174	18.4% 102	13.6% 6	20.3% 16	18.7% 298
Not very well	37.7% 345	36.9% 205	25.0% 11	34.2% 27	36.9% 588
Not at all well	25.4% 232	25.9% 144	50.0% 22	34.2% 27	26.7% 425
Don't know	11.8% 108	9.5% 53	4.5% 2	6.3% 5	10.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 555	100.0% 44	100.0% 79	1592