Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABWNDR_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you ever wonder whether your own position on abortion is the right one or not? (Q241)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	2300	26.1%	26.1%
No	5844	66.2%	92.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	684	7.7%	100%
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
Yes	32.6% 377	24.5% 375	26.6% 409	25.1% 430	26.5% 351	23.4% 343	14	26.2% 2285
No	62.1% 719	70.4% 1076	66.5% 1024	67.7% 1158	67.1% 889	61.7% 902	76	66.1% 5768
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.3% 61	5.0% 77	6.9% 107	7.2% 123	6.4% 85	14.9% 218	14	7.7% 671
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	104	8724

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
Yes	31.3% 375	37.5% 360	21.0% 335	25.1% 307	25.3% 243	26.3% 344	335	27.1% 1964
No	52.8% 634	53.1% 510	72.0% 1149	69.6% 852	71.8% 690	70.0% 915	1094	65.5% 4750
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	15.9% 191	9.5% 91	7.0% 111	5.4% 66	2.9% 28	3.7% 48	149	7.4% 535
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1200	100.0% 961	100.0% 1595	100.0% 1225	100.0% 961	100.0% 1307	1578	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	23.7% 1154	31.2% 174	28.1% 210	26.8% 42	25.6% 158	29.8% 550	12	26.1% 2288
No	69.7% 3385	61.1% 341	61.7% 461	61.1% 96	58.1% 359	63.8% 1175	27	66.2% 5817
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.6% 321	7.7% 43	10.2% 76	12.1% 19	16.3% 101	6.4% 118	7	7.7% 678
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 618	100.0% 1843	46	8783

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
Yes	23.2% 843	30.9% 613	23.4% 250	22.6% 30	25.1% 88	27.7% 430	47	25.9% 2254
No	67.7% 2458	61.2% 1213	69.7% 745	72.9% 97	65.7% 230	67.1% 1043	58	66.4% 5786
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 329	7.8% 155	6.9% 74	4.5% 6	9.1% 32	5.2% 81	7	7.8% 677
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	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
Yes	29.9% 352	30.3% 803	22.5% 559	24.8% 353	21.4% 223	10	26.1% 2290
No	54.4% 640	60.1% 1591	70.5% 1750	72.9% 1039	76.3% 793	30	66.2% 5813
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	15.7% 185	9.6% 255	7.0% 175	2.3% 33	2.3% 24	12	7.7% 672
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2484	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1040	52	8775

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	27.7% 1187	24.5% 1113	26.0% 2300
No	63.1% 2703	69.1% 3142	66.2% 5845
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 391	6.5% 294	7.8% 685
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4281	100.0% 4549	8830

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	9.1% 60	26.8% 744	30.1% 881	29.5% 403	15.1% 81	130	26.2% 2169
No	82.5% 544	67.5% 1878	61.9% 1810	68.2% 931	71.5% 383	299	67.1% 5546
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.3% 55	5.7% 159	8.0% 234	2.3% 32	13.4% 72	133	6.7% 552
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2781	100.0% 2925	100.0% 1366	100.0% 536	562	8267