Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABRSP2_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) If ABORTN_B = 3-4: And do you think the view that abortion should be legal is a respectable opinion for someone to hold, or not? (Q244)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1727	44.1%	44.1%
No	1823	46.5%	90.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	367	9.4%	100%
Missing	13739	%	%

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	68.3% 362	45.5% 316	45.5% 296	45.6% 354	35.5% 187	28.7% 202	11	44.2% 1717
No	30.9% 164	48.9% 340	46.2% 300	42.9% 333	51.2% 270	56.1% 395	22	46.4% 1802
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.8% 4	5.6% 39	8.3% 54	11.6% 90	13.3% 70	15.2% 107	3	9.4% 364
Missing	1795	2240	2517	2648	2080	2272	0	13552
TOTAL	100.0% 530	100.0% 695	100.0% 650	100.0% 777	100.0% 527	100.0% 704	36	3883

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	37.7% 221	53.8% 241	45.5% 371	40.7% 174	49.6% 205	47.5% 233	282	45.4% 1445
No	49.0% 287	42.2% 189	45.5% 371	50.0% 214	44.1% 182	46.0% 226	354	46.2% 1469
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.3% 78	4.0% 18	9.0% 73	9.3% 40	6.3% 26	6.5% 32	101	8.4% 267
Missing	2229	1481	2342	1894	1480	2084	0	11510
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 448	100.0% 815	100.0% 428	100.0% 413	100.0% 491	737	3181

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	40.8% 959	60.8% 96	45.4% 109	34.4% 22	36.4% 106	54.0% 434	1	44.2% 1726
No	48.3% 1136	39.2% 62	48.8% 117	65.6% 42	47.8% 139	39.6% 318	9	46.4% 1814
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.9% 255	0.0% 0	5.8% 14	0.0% 0	15.8% 46	6.5% 52	0	9.4% 367
Missing	7114	977	1378	316	853	3030	0	13668
TOTAL	100.0% 2350	100.0% 158	100.0% 240	100.0% 64	100.0% 291	100.0% 804	10	3907

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	40.6% 751	45.4% 413	40.1% 269	70.4% 19	78.1% 50	56.2% 205	19	43.9% 1707
No	48.1% 891	48.7% 443	52.6% 353	14.8% 4	21.9% 14	30.1% 110	8	46.7% 1815
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.3% 209	5.9% 54	7.3% 49	14.8% 4	0.0% 0	13.7% 50	0	9.4% 366
Missing	5251	3089	1756	255	512	2628	0	13491
TOTAL	100.0% 1851	100.0% 910	100.0% 671	100.0% 27	100.0% 64	100.0% 365	27	3888

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	41.6% 277	38.1% 464	47.9% 537	48.6% 269	51.6% 177	3	44.2% 1724
No	50.5% 336	50.2% 612	43.7% 489	41.6% 230	41.7% 143	15	46.4% 1810
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.0% 53	11.7% 142	8.4% 94	9.8% 54	6.7% 23	1	9.4% 366
Missing	1718	4295	3695	2287	1686	0	13681
TOTAL	100.0% 666	100.0% 1218	100.0% 1120	100.0% 553	100.0% 343	19	3900

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	46.5% 943	41.5% 784	44.1% 1727
No	43.8% 889	49.5% 934	46.5% 1823
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.8% 198	9.0% 169	9.4% 367
Missing	6524	7216	13740
TOTAL	100.0% 2030	100.0% 1887	3917

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	31.1% 156	41.2% 707	54.5% 554	62.9% 178	30.5% 43	89	44.8% 1638
No	60.4% 303	48.4% 830	38.9% 395	30.4% 86	64.5% 91	118	46.6% 1705
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.6% 43	10.3% 177	6.6% 67	6.7% 19	5.0% 7	54	8.6% 313
Missing	765	3919	4965	2317	949	0	12915
TOTAL	100.0% 502	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1016	100.0% 283	100.0% 141	261	3656