Life Choices, 1990

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DIDEFORM Now I would like your opinion on a number of issues. First . . . do you feel that there are cases of extreme infant deformity when the best thing for everyone concerned may be for doctors and parents to let the newborn infant die.   1) Yes   3) No   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	961	44.2%	44.2%	-1.05
No	337	15.5%	59.7%	.04
Don't know	876	40.3%	100%	1.13

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
Yes	38.5% 159	45.1% 337	48.3% 205	47.2% 199	36.5% 57	44.2% 957
No	12.8% 53	15.5% 116	13.4% 57	18.2% 77	21.2% 33	15.5% 336
Don't know	48.7% 201	39.4% 295	38.2% 162	34.6% 146	42.3% 66	40.2% 870
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Yes	53.6% 199	52.2% 353	40.5% 327	25.1% 72	44.4% 951
No	14.6% 54	13.3% 90	17.1% 138	15.0% 43	15.2% 325
Don't know	31.8% 118	34.5% 233	42.5% 343	59.9% 172	40.4% 866
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Yes	31.9% 125	39.9% 284	46.9% 279	57.9% 270	44.2% 958
No	16.8% 66	16.9% 120	17.0% 101	10.1% 47	15.4% 334
Don't know	51.3% 201	43.3% 308	36.1% 215	32.0% 149	40.3% 873
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	46.6% 261	45.5% 265	37.6% 253	50.7% 182	44.2% 961
No	12.7% 71	16.8% 98	18.3% 123	12.5% 45	15.5% 337
Don't know	40.7% 228	37.7% 220	44.0% 296	36.8% 132	40.3% 876
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	45.2% 472	43.1% 468	44.1% 940
No	14.5% 152	16.4% 178	15.5% 330
Don't know	40.3% 421	40.6% 441	40.4% 862
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Yes	43.6% 508	41.6% 276	69.1% 38	34.4% 31	43.3% 853
No	16.3% 190	15.1% 100	10.9% 6	8.9% 8	15.4% 304
Don't know	40.0% 466	43.3% 287	20.0% 11	56.7% 51	41.3% 815
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972