Life Choices, 1990

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WWOLIFE1 I am going to read you some situations where a woman might consider having an abortion. For each situation, I want you to tell me whether you, personally, feel an abortion would be acceptable or unacceptable. First. . . A. If the woman's life is endangered by the pregnancy - would abortion be acceptable or unacceptable during the first 3 months of pregnancy?   1) Acceptable   2) Unacceptable   3) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Acceptable	1749	80.5%	80.5%	-.47
Unacceptable	108	5%	85.4%	.92
Don't know	317	14.6%	100%	2.31

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
Acceptable	83.3% 344	80.5% 602	81.6% 346	78.9% 333	75.0% 117	80.5% 1742
Unacceptable	4.4% 18	4.9% 37	4.5% 19	4.0% 17	10.9% 17	5.0% 108
Don't know	12.3% 51	14.6% 109	13.9% 59	17.1% 72	14.1% 22	14.5% 313
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
Acceptable	87.1% 323	89.5% 605	77.6% 627	60.6% 174	80.7% 1729
Unacceptable	4.0% 15	3.4% 23	5.8% 47	6.6% 19	4.9% 104
Don't know	8.9% 33	7.1% 48	16.6% 134	32.8% 94	14.4% 309
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
Acceptable	68.9% 270	80.1% 570	83.0% 494	87.6% 408	80.5% 1742
Unacceptable	8.7% 34	4.9% 35	4.5% 27	2.6% 12	5.0% 108
Don't know	22.4% 88	15.0% 107	12.4% 74	9.9% 46	14.5% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	82.1% 460	82.0% 478	74.0% 497	87.5% 314	80.5% 1749
Unacceptable	4.6% 26	5.0% 29	6.1% 41	3.3% 12	5.0% 108
Don't know	13.2% 74	13.0% 76	19.9% 134	9.2% 33	14.6% 317
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	82.4% 861	78.9% 858	80.6% 1719
Unacceptable	4.8% 50	5.1% 55	4.9% 105
Don't know	12.8% 134	16.0% 174	14.4% 308
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	82.4% 959	74.1% 491	94.5% 52	76.7% 69	79.7% 1571
Unacceptable	4.9% 57	6.0% 40	3.6% 2	1.1% 1	5.1% 100
Don't know	12.7% 148	19.9% 132	1.8% 1	22.2% 20	15.3% 301
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972