Life Choices, 1990

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POSNEGPC Have the things you have heard about pro-choice 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	229	13.1%	13.1%	-1.41
Somewhat positive	751	43%	56.2%	-.54
Somewhat negative	381	21.8%	78%	.33
Very negative	216	12.4%	90.4%	1.2
Don't know	168	9.6%	100%	2.07

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	12.1% 39	13.7% 88	11.4% 40	14.2% 47	13.3% 12	13.0% 226
Somewhat positive	44.5% 143	46.9% 301	42.9% 150	37.2% 123	36.7% 33	43.3% 750
Somewhat negative	19.9% 64	21.0% 135	25.7% 90	22.1% 73	17.8% 16	21.8% 378
Very negative	14.0% 45	10.0% 64	10.9% 38	15.7% 52	16.7% 15	12.3% 214
Don't know	9.3% 30	8.4% 54	9.1% 32	10.9% 36	15.6% 14	9.6% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 642	100.0% 350	100.0% 331	100.0% 90	1734

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Very positive	22.5% 68	15.0% 83	8.8% 58	9.2% 20	13.2% 229
Somewhat positive	47.4% 143	49.8% 276	40.2% 264	27.2% 59	42.9% 742
Somewhat negative	13.9% 42	20.6% 114	25.1% 165	26.7% 58	21.9% 379
Very negative	7.3% 22	6.5% 36	15.1% 99	27.2% 59	12.5% 216
Don't know	8.9% 27	8.1% 45	10.8% 71	9.7% 21	9.5% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 554	100.0% 657	100.0% 217	1730

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Very positive	9.4% 20	10.0% 56	14.2% 75	17.6% 77	13.1% 228
Somewhat positive	32.5% 69	42.6% 238	42.4% 224	49.5% 217	43.1% 748
Somewhat negative	17.9% 38	24.3% 136	23.5% 124	18.9% 83	21.9% 381
Very negative	20.8% 44	14.1% 79	11.4% 60	7.1% 31	12.3% 214
Don't know	19.3% 41	8.9% 50	8.5% 45	6.8% 30	9.6% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 559	100.0% 528	100.0% 438	1737

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very positive	12.7% 61	12.7% 63	11.0% 51	17.8% 54	13.1% 229
Somewhat positive	43.9% 211	44.6% 222	40.6% 188	42.9% 130	43.0% 751
Somewhat negative	21.2% 102	22.5% 112	23.3% 108	19.5% 59	21.8% 381
Very negative	11.9% 57	12.9% 64	12.5% 58	12.2% 37	12.4% 216
Don't know	10.4% 50	7.4% 37	12.5% 58	7.6% 23	9.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 498	100.0% 463	100.0% 303	1745

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very positive	12.3% 101	13.6% 121	13.0% 222
Somewhat positive	44.7% 367	41.3% 368	42.9% 735
Somewhat negative	21.8% 179	22.1% 197	22.0% 376
Very negative	11.9% 98	13.0% 116	12.5% 214
Don't know	9.3% 76	10.0% 89	9.6% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 821	100.0% 891	1712

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very positive	11.3% 103	10.6% 58	36.7% 18	7.7% 6	11.7% 185
Somewhat positive	41.4% 377	45.2% 247	49.0% 24	34.6% 27	42.6% 675
Somewhat negative	23.9% 218	22.3% 122	8.2% 4	25.6% 20	23.0% 364
Very negative	12.3% 112	14.4% 79	2.0% 1	24.4% 19	13.3% 211
Don't know	11.1% 101	7.5% 41	4.1% 2	7.7% 6	9.5% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 911	100.0% 547	100.0% 49	100.0% 78	1585