Life Choices, 1990

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DRIFT Over the past two years, would you say you have drifted closer to the pro-life viewpoint, closer to the pro-choice viewpoint, or have your views remained about the same?   1) Closer to the pro-life viewpoint   3) Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint   5) Views have remained the same

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	361	18.3%	18.3%	-1.63
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	1167	59.3%	77.6%	-.06
Views have remained the same	441	22.4%	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
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	20.3% 75	19.0% 132	17.2% 67	15.3% 58	19.4% 25	18.2% 357
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	54.7% 202	57.5% 399	62.1% 242	63.2% 239	62.0% 80	59.3% 1162
Views have remained the same	24.9% 92	23.5% 163	20.8% 81	21.4% 81	18.6% 24	22.5% 441
TOTAL	100.0% 369	100.0% 694	100.0% 390	100.0% 378	100.0% 129	1960

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	7.3% 25	11.8% 73	24.2% 177	31.8% 82	18.3% 357
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	64.2% 219	59.2% 367	56.8% 415	60.9% 157	59.4% 1158
Views have remained the same	28.4% 97	29.0% 180	19.0% 139	7.4% 19	22.3% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 620	100.0% 731	100.0% 258	1950

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	16.8% 51	20.2% 131	19.7% 111	15.1% 67	18.4% 360
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	68.4% 208	60.3% 391	53.9% 304	57.9% 257	59.2% 1160
Views have remained the same	14.8% 45	19.4% 126	26.4% 149	27.0% 120	22.4% 440
TOTAL	100.0% 304	100.0% 648	100.0% 564	100.0% 444	1960

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	20.9% 107	17.6% 95	19.1% 111	14.2% 48	18.3% 361
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	54.0% 276	61.6% 332	61.2% 356	60.2% 203	59.3% 1167
Views have remained the same	25.0% 128	20.8% 112	19.8% 115	25.5% 86	22.4% 441
TOTAL	100.0% 511	100.0% 539	100.0% 582	100.0% 337	1969

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	18.2% 172	18.6% 183	18.4% 355
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	61.7% 584	57.1% 563	59.4% 1147
Views have remained the same	20.1% 190	24.3% 240	22.3% 430
TOTAL	100.0% 946	100.0% 986	1932

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Closer to the pro-life viewpoint	16.7% 177	25.9% 154	3.8% 2	14.6% 12	19.3% 345
Closer to the pro-choice viewpoint	61.6% 651	53.1% 316	53.8% 28	68.3% 56	58.8% 1051
Views have remained the same	21.7% 229	21.0% 125	42.3% 22	17.1% 14	21.8% 390
TOTAL	100.0% 1057	100.0% 595	100.0% 52	100.0% 82	1786