Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABVIEW_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Over the past year or so, have your views on abortion changed, or have they pretty much stayed the same? (Q127)   1) Changed   2) Stayed the same   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Changed	439	5%	5%
Stayed the same	8249	93.4%	98.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	141	1.6%	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
Changed	11.5% 134	6.0% 85	5.7% 92	4.2% 72	2.0% 26	1.5% 22	8	4.9% 431
Stayed the same	87.7% 1022	92.8% 1305	92.6% 1507	94.5% 1621	96.3% 1234	95.8% 1449	111	93.4% 8138
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9% 10	1.1% 16	1.7% 28	1.3% 23	1.6% 21	2.8% 42	0	1.6% 140
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1406	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1716	100.0% 1281	100.0% 1513	119	8709

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
Changed	8.4% 136	5.7% 55	5.4% 85	2.9% 32	4.1% 38	4.2% 53	40	5.4% 399
Stayed the same	89.5% 1446	93.6% 905	93.4% 1461	96.5% 1059	94.0% 876	95.7% 1213	1290	93.5% 6960
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.0% 33	0.7% 7	1.2% 18	0.5% 6	1.9% 18	0.2% 2	58	1.1% 84
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1097	100.0% 932	100.0% 1268	1388	7443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Changed	3.9% 180	6.6% 38	2.6% 23	9.4% 21	2.8% 15	8.1% 162	0	5.0% 439
Stayed the same	94.2% 4336	93.4% 538	97.0% 846	90.6% 202	92.4% 488	91.2% 1815	25	93.5% 8225
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.9% 89	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	4.7% 25	0.7% 14	11	1.5% 131
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 576	100.0% 872	100.0% 223	100.0% 528	100.0% 1991	36	8795

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
Changed	4.4% 153	6.5% 131	7.3% 99	0.0% 0	3.5% 8	3.2% 46	2	5.0% 437
Stayed the same	93.1% 3235	92.7% 1870	91.1% 1238	99.3% 148	96.5% 219	96.2% 1385	153	93.4% 8095
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.4% 85	0.8% 17	1.6% 22	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 8	7	1.5% 133
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1359	100.0% 149	100.0% 227	100.0% 1439	162	8665

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
Changed	6.9% 83	4.7% 134	4.6% 107	6.9% 98	1.7% 17	0	5.0% 439
Stayed the same	91.0% 1097	93.3% 2673	94.6% 2203	90.5% 1280	98.0% 970	26	93.4% 8223
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.1% 25	2.0% 57	0.8% 19	2.5% 36	0.3% 3	0	1.6% 140
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1205	100.0% 2864	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 990	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Changed	3.7% 157	6.2% 282	5.0% 439
Stayed the same	94.9% 4054	92.1% 4195	93.4% 8249
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.5% 63	1.7% 78	1.6% 141
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4555	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Changed	2.0% 12	4.1% 118	7.2% 220	4.3% 53	2.0% 11	27	5.0% 414
Stayed the same	96.2% 586	94.9% 2706	91.6% 2800	93.8% 1157	95.7% 531	469	93.7% 7780
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.8% 11	1.0% 28	1.2% 37	1.9% 24	2.3% 13	28	1.4% 113
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3057	100.0% 1234	100.0% 555	524	8307