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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABOBMA_A (Weighted by WEIGHT)

As far as you know, what is Barack Obama's position on abortion? Is he pro-choice, that is, supports a woman's right to choose an abortion, or is he pro-life, that is, supports restricting access to abortion in most cases? (Q135)

	1) Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose
	2) Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	5116	58%	58%
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	1207	13.7%	71.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2505	28.4%	100.1%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	59.0% 689	54.7% 769	56.4% 918	65.5% 1123	58.7% 753	52.2% 790	74	57.9% 5042
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	17.8% 208	14.5% 204	14.8% 241	11.1% 190	10.5% 135	14.3% 216	13	13.7% 1194
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	23.1% 270	30.8% 434	28.8% 468	23.4% 401	30.7% 394	33.5% 507	31	28.4% 2474
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1167	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1513	118	8710

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
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	37.8% 611	50.5% 488	58.3% 912	69.8% 765	72.1% 672	73.5% 931	738	58.8% 4379
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	25.7% 415	12.5% 121	14.0% 219	10.0% 110	5.6% 52	8.8% 111	179	13.8% 1028
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	36.5% 589	37.0% 358	27.7% 433	20.2% 221	22.3% 208	17.8% 225	470	27.3% 2034
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1387	7441

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	61.9% 2851	47.9% 276	48.5% 422	43.8% 98	46.3% 244	60.1% 1197	29	57.9% 5088
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	11.2% 516	20.3% 117	14.1% 123	37.5% 84	12.9% 68	15.0% 299	0	13.7% 1207
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	26.9% 1238	31.8% 183	37.4% 326	18.8% 42	40.8% 215	24.9% 495	7	28.4% 2499
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 576	100.0% 871	100.0% 224	100.0% 527	100.0% 1991	36	8794

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
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	58.6% 2037	57.6% 1163	58.9% 800	73.3% 110	67.4% 153	53.0% 763	90	58.0% 5026
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	11.5% 401	19.4% 392	13.8% 187	2.7% 4	8.8% 20	12.9% 185	19	13.7% 1189
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	29.8% 1036	22.9% 463	27.4% 372	24.0% 36	23.8% 54	34.1% 491	54	28.3% 2452
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3474	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1359	100.0% 150	100.0% 227	100.0% 1439	163	8667

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
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	36.0% 434	46.1% 1319	64.6% 1505	74.5% 1054	80.2% 794	10	58.0% 5106
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	23.2% 279	19.8% 567	8.5% 198	5.9% 83	7.8% 77	3	13.7% 1204
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	40.8% 492	34.1% 978	26.9% 626	19.6% 277	12.0% 119	13	28.3% 2492
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
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	55.4% 2368	60.3% 2748	58.0% 5116
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	15.7% 672	11.7% 535	13.7% 1207
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	28.9% 1234	27.9% 1271	28.4% 2505
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4554	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Pro-choice/supports a woman's right to choose	75.3% 458	55.7% 1589	60.0% 1833	57.7% 712	62.7% 348	175	59.5% 4940
Pro-life/supports restricting access in most cases	8.2% 50	15.1% 431	14.0% 429	15.3% 189	14.2% 79	29	14.2% 1178
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	16.4% 100	29.2% 832	26.0% 795	26.9% 332	23.1% 128	318	26.3% 2187
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3057	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	522	8305