Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MORAB_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you personally believe that having an abortion is morally acceptable, morally wrong, or is it not a moral issue? (Q180A) [Note: MORAB_A through MORAL_A were read together as a block, but were read in a random order within the block.]   1) Morally acceptable   2) Morally wrong   3) Not a moral issue   4) Depends on situation (VOL.)   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Morally acceptable	918	10.4%	10.4%
Morally wrong	4623	52.4%	62.8%
Not a moral issue	2202	24.9%	87.7%
Depends on situation (VOL.)	734	8.3%	96%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	353	4%	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
Morally acceptable	8.6% 100	9.3% 131	10.0% 162	12.9% 221	10.7% 137	9.6% 145	21	10.3% 896
Morally wrong	51.8% 604	56.9% 800	53.3% 867	48.1% 824	48.9% 627	56.2% 851	49	52.5% 4573
Not a moral issue	30.4% 355	25.9% 364	24.8% 404	21.8% 374	28.0% 359	20.5% 311	35	24.9% 2167
Depends on situation (VOL.)	7.0% 82	4.9% 69	9.7% 158	11.3% 194	8.5% 109	7.9% 119	3	8.4% 731
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.1% 25	3.0% 42	2.2% 36	5.9% 101	4.0% 51	5.8% 88	10	3.9% 343
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1406	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1283	100.0% 1514	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
Morally acceptable	9.7% 156	14.4% 139	8.3% 129	8.7% 95	12.4% 116	11.0% 140	142	10.4% 775
Morally wrong	61.6% 995	46.6% 451	57.6% 901	48.1% 527	52.0% 485	49.1% 622	642	53.5% 3981
Not a moral issue	16.3% 263	23.6% 228	22.0% 344	33.9% 372	27.8% 259	30.7% 389	347	24.9% 1855
Depends on situation (VOL.)	8.9% 144	11.1% 107	8.3% 129	6.1% 67	6.1% 57	7.4% 94	136	8.0% 598
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 57	4.3% 42	3.8% 60	3.2% 35	1.6% 15	1.7% 22	120	3.1% 231
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1387	7440

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Morally acceptable	9.0% 413	15.7% 90	13.8% 120	17.4% 39	8.7% 46	10.3% 206	4	10.4% 914
Morally wrong	55.9% 2574	45.4% 261	50.8% 443	52.2% 117	52.9% 279	47.1% 939	10	52.4% 4613
Not a moral issue	23.3% 1074	31.7% 182	23.2% 202	18.8% 42	22.2% 117	28.6% 569	16	24.9% 2186
Depends on situation (VOL.)	8.6% 396	6.1% 35	7.1% 62	10.7% 24	5.9% 31	9.4% 187	0	8.4% 735
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 149	1.2% 7	5.2% 45	0.9% 2	10.2% 54	4.6% 91	5	4.0% 348
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4606	100.0% 575	100.0% 872	100.0% 224	100.0% 527	100.0% 1992	35	8796

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
Morally acceptable	10.9% 378	8.9% 180	6.8% 92	18.1% 27	6.6% 15	14.4% 207	18	10.4% 899
Morally wrong	57.8% 2006	57.8% 1165	63.3% 860	15.4% 23	28.2% 64	30.4% 438	66	52.6% 4556
Not a moral issue	19.4% 674	22.0% 444	17.9% 243	44.3% 66	47.1% 107	43.4% 624	43	24.9% 2158
Depends on situation (VOL.)	8.2% 284	7.7% 156	8.6% 117	14.1% 21	13.2% 30	6.9% 100	26	8.2% 708
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 130	3.6% 72	3.5% 47	8.1% 12	4.8% 11	4.9% 70	10	3.9% 342
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3472	100.0% 2017	100.0% 1359	100.0% 149	100.0% 227	100.0% 1439	163	8663

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
Morally acceptable	9.5% 114	13.0% 371	7.9% 185	10.0% 141	10.5% 104	3	10.4% 915
Morally wrong	66.7% 805	52.6% 1506	49.5% 1154	50.2% 710	43.6% 432	16	52.3% 4607
Not a moral issue	13.9% 168	22.5% 644	28.9% 672	25.6% 362	35.5% 352	4	25.0% 2198
Depends on situation (VOL.)	6.1% 73	8.0% 230	9.9% 230	8.8% 125	7.4% 73	3	8.3% 731
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.8% 46	3.9% 113	3.8% 88	5.4% 76	3.0% 30	0	4.0% 353
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2864	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 991	26	8804

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Morally acceptable	11.0% 471	9.8% 447	10.4% 918
Morally wrong	51.3% 2192	53.4% 2431	52.4% 4623
Not a moral issue	25.2% 1079	24.7% 1123	24.9% 2202
Depends on situation (VOL.)	8.4% 359	8.2% 375	8.3% 734
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 174	3.9% 179	4.0% 353
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4275	100.0% 4555	8830

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Morally acceptable	4.9% 30	11.3% 322	10.2% 313	10.5% 129	17.1% 95	29	10.7% 889
Morally wrong	86.3% 525	63.2% 1802	48.5% 1482	30.9% 381	33.0% 183	250	52.6% 4373
Not a moral issue	4.3% 26	15.5% 443	28.6% 876	43.5% 536	41.3% 229	91	25.4% 2110
Depends on situation (VOL.)	2.0% 12	6.9% 197	10.0% 307	10.2% 126	4.7% 26	66	8.0% 668
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.5% 15	3.1% 89	2.6% 80	4.9% 60	4.0% 22	86	3.2% 266
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 2853	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1232	100.0% 555	522	8306