General Social Survey, 2000

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ABPOOR Legal abortion: If the family has a very low income and cannot afford any more children?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	749	40.2%	40.2%	-.6
No	1024	55%	95.3%	.08
Don't know	81	4.4%	99.6%	4.18
No answer	7	.4%	100%	4.86

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	38.2% 150	42.9% 246	41.0% 229	36.3% 121	40.2% 746
No	58.5% 230	52.9% 303	53.9% 301	56.8% 189	55.1% 1023
Don't know	2.8% 11	4.0% 23	4.5% 25	6.6% 22	4.4% 81
No answer	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 573	100.0% 558	100.0% 333	1857

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	41.5% 340	39.3% 409	40.2% 749
No	53.8% 441	56.0% 583	55.0% 1024
Don't know	4.5% 37	4.2% 44	4.4% 81
No answer	0.2% 2	0.5% 5	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 1041	1861

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	38.6% 323	30.6% 56	43.5% 135	39.1% 27	44.9% 207	40.2% 748
No	57.9% 485	59.6% 109	52.6% 163	53.6% 37	49.9% 230	55.1% 1024
Don't know	3.0% 25	8.7% 16	3.9% 12	5.8% 4	5.2% 24	4.4% 81
No answer	0.5% 4	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 837	100.0% 183	100.0% 310	100.0% 69	100.0% 461	1860

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	41.0% 608	38.0% 105	35.6% 36	40.2% 749
No	54.4% 807	56.5% 156	60.4% 61	55.0% 1024
Don't know	4.2% 63	5.4% 15	3.0% 3	4.4% 81
No answer	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 276	100.0% 101	1861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	28.4% 57	40.3% 110	32.3% 43	44.4% 459	40.8% 669
No	67.2% 135	55.3% 151	63.9% 85	51.8% 535	55.2% 906
Don't know	4.5% 9	4.0% 11	3.0% 4	3.5% 36	3.7% 60
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 273	100.0% 133	100.0% 1033	1640

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	57.5% 267	40.8% 289	28.6% 166	41.2% 722
No	39.0% 181	53.2% 377	68.0% 395	54.3% 953
Don't know	3.2% 15	5.5% 39	3.3% 19	4.2% 73
No answer	0.2% 1	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 464	100.0% 709	100.0% 581	1754

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	35.7% 359	33.0% 150	83.0% 39	58.4% 150	53.1% 51	40.3% 749
No	60.1% 605	59.9% 272	17.0% 8	39.7% 102	37.5% 36	55.0% 1023
Don't know	4.1% 41	5.9% 27	0.0% 0	1.9% 5	8.3% 8	4.4% 81
No answer	0.1% 1	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1006	100.0% 454	100.0% 47	100.0% 257	100.0% 96	1860

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	31.1% 91	38.4% 381	33.3% 43	51.6% 149	53.8% 78	40.2% 742
No	64.8% 190	57.1% 566	62.8% 81	43.3% 125	40.0% 58	55.2% 1020
Don't know	4.1% 12	4.2% 42	3.1% 4	4.8% 14	5.5% 8	4.3% 80
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.8% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 1	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 293	100.0% 992	100.0% 129	100.0% 289	100.0% 145	1848