Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABORTN_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) On another subject... Do you think abortion should be... [Choices were read in reverse order for random half of the sample] (Q240)   1) Legal in all cases   2) Legal in most cases   3) Illegal in most cases   4) Illegal in all cases   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Legal in all cases	1479	16.8%	16.8%
Legal in most cases	2824	32%	48.8%
Illegal in most cases	2345	26.6%	75.4%
Illegal in all cases	1573	17.8%	93.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	607	6.9%	100.1%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Marital status Religion Education Sex Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	17.7% 205	18.8% 288	19.7% 304	14.0% 240	18.5% 245	12.8% 188	11	16.8% 1470
Legal in most cases	32.6% 377	33.5% 512	32.7% 504	31.7% 542	32.6% 432	29.0% 424	35	32.0% 2791
Illegal in most cases	27.1% 314	25.2% 385	27.3% 420	28.1% 481	23.6% 313	27.4% 401	31	26.5% 2314
Illegal in all cases	18.6% 215	20.3% 310	14.9% 230	17.3% 296	16.1% 214	20.7% 303	5	18.0% 1568
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.0% 46	2.2% 33	5.4% 83	8.9% 152	9.2% 122	10.1% 148	23	6.7% 584
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1464	105	8727

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	Missing	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	18.6% 223	17.6% 169	12.7% 202	21.0% 257	16.2% 156	18.3% 240	231	17.2% 1247
Legal in most cases	25.1% 301	28.1% 270	30.7% 489	38.6% 473	33.6% 324	37.8% 495	472	32.4% 2352
Illegal in most cases	23.4% 281	32.3% 310	30.2% 481	22.0% 270	29.2% 281	25.1% 328	394	26.9% 1951
Illegal in all cases	25.4% 305	14.4% 138	21.0% 335	12.8% 157	13.7% 132	12.5% 164	343	17.0% 1231
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.4% 89	7.7% 74	5.5% 87	5.6% 68	7.3% 70	6.2% 81	138	6.5% 469
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1225	100.0% 963	100.0% 1308	1578	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	14.7% 714	22.0% 123	20.9% 156	12.8% 20	11.6% 72	21.0% 387	8	16.8% 1472
Legal in most cases	30.3% 1475	43.5% 243	39.2% 293	42.3% 66	27.9% 173	30.2% 556	18	31.9% 2806
Illegal in most cases	29.9% 1452	11.6% 65	21.6% 161	21.2% 33	25.8% 160	25.3% 466	9	26.6% 2337
Illegal in all cases	18.5% 898	16.6% 93	10.7% 80	19.9% 31	21.3% 132	18.3% 338	1	17.9% 1572
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.6% 321	6.3% 35	7.6% 57	3.8% 6	13.2% 82	5.2% 96	11	6.8% 597
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 619	100.0% 1843	47	8784

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	12.7% 462	11.2% 222	8.8% 94	43.6% 58	35.7% 125	32.0% 498	20	16.7% 1459
Legal in most cases	29.6% 1074	33.6% 666	22.5% 240	33.8% 45	41.4% 145	39.3% 611	43	31.9% 2781
Illegal in most cases	29.8% 1083	27.1% 537	38.4% 411	2.3% 3	15.7% 55	15.0% 233	23	26.6% 2322
Illegal in all cases	21.2% 769	18.8% 372	24.4% 261	18.0% 24	2.6% 9	8.6% 133	5	18.0% 1568
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.7% 242	9.2% 183	5.9% 63	2.3% 3	4.6% 16	5.1% 80	21	6.7% 587
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	112	8717

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college, no four-year degree	Four-year college degree	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	Missing	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	13.1% 154	15.3% 406	16.7% 416	19.6% 279	21.3% 222	3	16.8% 1477
Legal in most cases	22.9% 269	32.2% 854	29.7% 738	37.6% 536	39.8% 414	14	32.0% 2811
Illegal in most cases	26.6% 313	26.7% 708	27.5% 684	26.2% 374	24.2% 252	13	26.6% 2331
Illegal in all cases	29.9% 352	19.3% 510	17.5% 435	12.5% 178	8.8% 91	6	17.8% 1566
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 89	6.5% 171	8.5% 212	4.1% 58	5.9% 61	16	6.7% 591
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1040	52	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	14.5% 621	18.9% 858	16.8% 1479
Legal in most cases	30.4% 1301	33.5% 1523	32.0% 2824
Illegal in most cases	29.0% 1241	24.3% 1104	26.6% 2345
Illegal in all cases	18.5% 790	17.2% 783	17.8% 1573
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 327	6.2% 281	6.9% 608
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4549	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	6.5% 43	8.4% 235	17.0% 498	26.4% 361	49.2% 263	78	16.9% 1400
Legal in most cases	9.6% 63	25.9% 720	41.2% 1204	45.0% 615	19.8% 106	116	32.7% 2708
Illegal in most cases	33.5% 221	38.0% 1058	24.9% 728	13.1% 179	12.1% 65	95	27.2% 2251
Illegal in all cases	42.8% 282	23.6% 657	9.9% 289	7.7% 105	14.2% 76	165	17.0% 1409
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 50	4.1% 113	7.0% 206	7.8% 107	4.7% 25	107	6.1% 501
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2783	100.0% 2925	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	561	8269