Life Choices, 1990

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ABCAVAIL Now I want you to consider a series of opinions on a variety of issues. Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with each statement. G. Methods of birth control should be available to teenagers even if their parents do not approve.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	417	19.8%	19.8%	-1.39
Agree	934	44.4%	64.2%	-.31
Disagree	479	22.8%	86.9%	.76
Strongly disagree	275	13.1%	100%	1.84

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 agree	30.3% 122	22.5% 164	14.5% 60	14.2% 58	8.6% 12	19.9% 416
Agree	46.9% 189	47.4% 345	45.3% 188	38.6% 158	35.3% 49	44.4% 929
Disagree	15.4% 62	19.2% 140	25.5% 106	30.1% 123	33.1% 46	22.8% 477
Strongly disagree	7.4% 30	10.9% 79	14.7% 61	17.1% 70	23.0% 32	13.0% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 728	100.0% 415	100.0% 409	100.0% 139	2094

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.4% 109	22.5% 149	16.8% 130	8.6% 24	19.9% 412
Agree	48.2% 173	51.4% 340	42.5% 329	27.2% 76	44.2% 918
Disagree	14.5% 52	18.9% 125	28.5% 221	26.9% 75	22.8% 473
Strongly disagree	7.0% 25	7.3% 48	12.3% 95	37.3% 104	13.1% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 662	100.0% 775	100.0% 279	2075

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.5% 72	16.2% 113	20.3% 117	25.3% 115	19.9% 417
Agree	38.4% 142	43.1% 300	45.0% 259	50.3% 229	44.4% 930
Disagree	26.2% 97	26.0% 181	21.7% 125	15.8% 72	22.7% 475
Strongly disagree	15.9% 59	14.7% 102	12.9% 74	8.6% 39	13.1% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 370	100.0% 696	100.0% 575	100.0% 455	2096

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.1% 114	17.2% 97	17.1% 111	27.0% 95	19.8% 417
Agree	46.0% 249	45.5% 256	42.8% 278	42.9% 151	44.4% 934
Disagree	21.1% 114	25.8% 145	24.0% 156	18.2% 64	22.8% 479
Strongly disagree	11.8% 64	11.5% 65	16.0% 104	11.9% 42	13.1% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 541	100.0% 563	100.0% 649	100.0% 352	2105

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.3% 184	20.9% 221	19.6% 405
Agree	45.2% 456	43.7% 461	44.4% 917
Disagree	23.9% 241	22.2% 234	23.0% 475
Strongly disagree	12.6% 127	13.3% 140	12.9% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 1008	100.0% 1056	2064

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.9% 201	17.0% 110	49.1% 26	19.0% 16	18.5% 353
Agree	43.3% 486	46.9% 303	37.7% 20	34.5% 29	44.0% 838
Disagree	24.0% 270	24.8% 160	7.5% 4	22.6% 19	23.8% 453
Strongly disagree	14.8% 166	11.3% 73	5.7% 3	23.8% 20	13.7% 262
TOTAL	100.0% 1123	100.0% 646	100.0% 53	100.0% 84	1906