Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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ABORTION (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your opinion, is this behavior always morally wrong, wrong except under certain circumstances, or is it entirely up to the individual? -- Choose to terminate a pregnancy by having an abortion   1) Always morally wrong   2) Wrong except under certain circumstances   3) Entirely up to the individual   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always morally wrong	908	34.4%	34.4%
Wrong except under certain circumstances	810	30.7%	65.1%
Entirely up to the individual	903	34.2%	99.3%
Don't know	20	.8%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education Marital status Sex Year of birth Region Race Convert? Household income

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	50.0% 89	33.4% 248	34.4% 212	30.7% 132	29.7% 55	173	34.2% 736
Wrong except under certain circumstances	21.9% 39	29.9% 222	28.6% 176	37.2% 160	23.2% 43	169	29.8% 640
Entirely up to the individual	26.4% 47	36.1% 268	35.7% 220	31.9% 137	45.9% 85	147	35.2% 757
Don't know	1.7% 3	0.5% 4	1.3% 8	0.2% 1	1.1% 2	2	0.8% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 742	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 185	491	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	35.6% 525	48.1% 89	29.7% 98	30.4% 195	1	34.5% 907
Wrong except under certain circumstances	30.3% 447	29.2% 54	25.5% 84	35.2% 226	0	30.8% 811
Entirely up to the individual	33.2% 490	22.7% 42	44.8% 148	33.5% 215	8	34.0% 895
Don't know	0.9% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	0	0.7% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 330	100.0% 642	9	2632

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	32.9% 343	35.4% 566	34.4% 909
Wrong except under certain circumstances	34.3% 357	28.3% 453	30.7% 810
Entirely up to the individual	31.9% 332	35.6% 570	34.2% 902
Don't know	1.0% 10	0.6% 10	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1599	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	45.4% 304	30.6% 312	30.7% 293	34.4% 909
Wrong except under certain circumstances	28.4% 190	26.4% 269	36.8% 351	30.7% 810
Entirely up to the individual	25.4% 170	41.9% 427	32.1% 306	34.2% 903
Don't know	0.7% 5	1.2% 12	0.3% 3	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1020	100.0% 953	2642

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	31.6% 345	37.2% 236	35.0% 139	27.4% 62	126	33.3% 782
Wrong except under certain circumstances	29.7% 325	30.8% 195	38.5% 153	34.1% 77	59	31.9% 750
Entirely up to the individual	38.1% 416	31.5% 200	25.7% 102	38.5% 87	98	34.3% 805
Don't know	0.6% 7	0.5% 3	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	7	0.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 634	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	290	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	33.8% 695	36.2% 133	14.7% 10	49.1% 53	18	34.3% 891
Wrong except under certain circumstances	31.5% 646	33.2% 122	19.1% 13	16.7% 18	11	30.8% 799
Entirely up to the individual	33.7% 693	30.5% 112	66.2% 45	34.3% 37	15	34.2% 887
Don't know	1.0% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 108	44	2597

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	34.1% 820	38.5% 87	1	34.4% 907
Wrong except under certain circumstances	30.2% 727	35.8% 81	2	30.7% 808
Entirely up to the individual	35.0% 844	24.8% 56	2	34.2% 900
Don't know	0.7% 17	0.9% 2	0	0.7% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 226	5	2634

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	46.0% 103	35.7% 180	35.7% 252	28.5% 151	27.3% 102	120	33.7% 788
Wrong except under certain circumstances	27.7% 62	31.2% 157	30.1% 212	27.0% 143	40.1% 150	85	31.0% 724
Entirely up to the individual	26.3% 59	32.9% 166	33.9% 239	44.3% 235	32.4% 121	83	35.1% 820
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	14	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 504	100.0% 705	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	302	2337