Life Choices, 1990

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SELFID Which of the following would you say best describes your general outlook on the abortion issue -- strongly pro-life, moderately pro-life, neutral, moderately pro-choice, or strongly pro-choice?   1) Strongly pro-life   2) Moderately pro-life   3) Neutral   4) Moderately pro-choice   5) Strongly pro-choice

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly pro-life	572	27%	27%	-1.26
Moderately pro-life	343	16.2%	43.3%	-.57
Neutral	469	22.2%	65.4%	.13
Moderately pro-choice	361	17.1%	82.5%	.82
Strongly pro-choice	370	17.5%	100%	1.51

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
Strongly pro-life	21.4% 87	25.4% 187	29.3% 121	29.0% 117	37.8% 56	27.0% 568
Moderately pro-life	16.7% 68	16.6% 122	16.2% 67	17.1% 69	11.5% 17	16.3% 343
Neutral	25.4% 103	19.9% 146	21.8% 90	21.0% 85	29.1% 43	22.2% 467
Moderately pro-choice	18.7% 76	18.4% 135	15.3% 63	16.6% 67	12.8% 19	17.1% 360
Strongly pro-choice	17.7% 72	19.7% 145	17.4% 72	16.3% 66	8.8% 13	17.5% 368
TOTAL	100.0% 406	100.0% 735	100.0% 413	100.0% 404	100.0% 148	2106

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly pro-life	12.7% 46	15.1% 100	33.1% 260	59.2% 164	27.3% 570
Moderately pro-life	12.7% 46	14.9% 99	19.7% 155	14.4% 40	16.3% 340
Neutral	22.1% 80	24.0% 159	21.6% 170	17.7% 49	21.9% 458
Moderately pro-choice	19.6% 71	24.0% 159	14.5% 114	3.6% 10	17.0% 354
Strongly pro-choice	32.9% 119	22.0% 146	11.1% 87	5.1% 14	17.5% 366
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 663	100.0% 786	100.0% 277	2088

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly pro-life	33.7% 123	28.8% 200	27.3% 160	18.7% 86	27.0% 569
Moderately pro-life	13.4% 49	18.3% 127	16.2% 95	15.7% 72	16.3% 343
Neutral	34.5% 126	25.2% 175	17.7% 104	13.3% 61	22.1% 466
Moderately pro-choice	10.1% 37	15.1% 105	18.1% 106	24.6% 113	17.1% 361
Strongly pro-choice	8.2% 30	12.7% 88	20.6% 121	27.8% 128	17.4% 367
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 695	100.0% 586	100.0% 460	2106

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly pro-life	23.2% 128	26.8% 154	31.7% 202	24.9% 88	27.0% 572
Moderately pro-life	17.2% 95	15.9% 91	16.8% 107	14.2% 50	16.2% 343
Neutral	21.2% 117	23.5% 135	25.6% 163	15.3% 54	22.2% 469
Moderately pro-choice	18.9% 104	18.1% 104	13.2% 84	19.5% 69	17.1% 361
Strongly pro-choice	19.4% 107	15.7% 90	12.7% 81	26.1% 92	17.5% 370
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 574	100.0% 637	100.0% 353	2115

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly pro-life	23.8% 242	30.1% 318	27.0% 560
Moderately pro-life	18.0% 183	15.0% 158	16.4% 341
Neutral	24.3% 247	20.2% 213	22.2% 460
Moderately pro-choice	18.9% 192	15.2% 161	17.0% 353
Strongly pro-choice	15.1% 154	19.5% 206	17.4% 360
TOTAL	100.0% 1018	100.0% 1056	2074

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly pro-life	27.4% 307	30.8% 201	7.3% 4	40.4% 36	28.6% 548
Moderately pro-life	14.7% 165	21.3% 139	9.1% 5	18.0% 16	17.0% 325
Neutral	23.6% 264	21.6% 141	14.5% 8	15.7% 14	22.3% 427
Moderately pro-choice	18.1% 203	15.0% 98	21.8% 12	7.9% 7	16.7% 320
Strongly pro-choice	16.2% 182	11.2% 73	47.3% 26	18.0% 16	15.5% 297
TOTAL	100.0% 1121	100.0% 652	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	1917