Support Abortion to Protect Woman

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman (Demographic Patterns)

Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if... c. The woman's own health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
YES	84.4% 346	81.1% 396	82.6% 742
NO	12.7% 52	14.1% 69	13.5% 121
DON'T KNOW	2.0% 8	3.9% 19	3.0% 27
NO ANSWER	1.0% 4	0.8% 4	0.9% 8
Missing	870	1044	1914
TOTAL	100% 410	100% 488	898

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
YES	83.4% 598	80.5% 95	77.8% 49	82.6% 742
NO	12.8% 92	14.4% 17	19.0% 12	13.5% 121
DON'T KNOW	2.9% 21	4.2% 5	1.6% 1	3.0% 27
NO ANSWER	0.8% 6	0.8% 1	1.6% 1	0.9% 8
Missing	1517	259	138	1914
TOTAL	100% 717	100% 118	100% 63	898

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
YES	80.7% 388	82.2% 176	80.0% 56	91.6% 120	2	82.6% 740
NO	15.4% 74	12.6% 27	14.3% 10	7.6% 10	0	13.5% 121
DON'T KNOW	2.9% 14	3.7% 8	5.7% 4	0.8% 1	0	3.0% 27
NO ANSWER	1.0% 5	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.9% 8
Missing	1002	442	188	272	10	1914
TOTAL	100% 481	100% 214	100% 70	100% 131	12	896

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
YES	83.4% 161	80.5% 219	83.3% 245	84.7% 116	1	82.7% 741
NO	14.5% 28	15.4% 42	12.6% 37	9.5% 13	1	13.4% 120
DON'T KNOW	2.1% 4	2.9% 8	3.1% 9	4.4% 6	0	3.0% 27
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	1.0% 3	1.5% 2	0	0.9% 8
Missing	403	538	673	293	7	1914
TOTAL	100% 193	100% 272	100% 294	100% 137	9	896

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
YES	93.2% 136	87.3% 268	80.0% 152	73.0% 184	2	82.7% 740
NO	4.1% 6	10.1% 31	15.8% 30	21.4% 54	0	13.5% 121
DON'T KNOW	2.1% 3	2.3% 7	4.2% 8	3.6% 9	0	3.0% 27
NO ANSWER	0.7% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 5	1	0.8% 7
Missing	325	658	425	498	8	1914
TOTAL	100% 146	100% 307	100% 190	100% 252	11	895

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
YES	91.9% 203	83.2% 287	76.3% 242	10	82.9% 732
NO	6.8% 15	12.2% 42	19.2% 61	3	13.4% 118
DON'T KNOW	1.4% 3	3.5% 12	3.2% 10	2	2.8% 25
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.3% 4	0	0.9% 8
Missing	98	152	176	1488	1914
TOTAL	100% 221	100% 345	100% 317	1503	883

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Support Abortion to Protect Woman by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
YES	75.7% 87	82.2% 382	82.1% 55	84.3% 129	91.8% 89	0	82.7% 742
NO	19.1% 22	14.2% 66	11.9% 8	11.8% 18	6.2% 6	1	13.4% 120
DON'T KNOW	5.2% 6	2.8% 13	3.0% 2	2.6% 4	2.1% 2	0	3.0% 27
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	3.0% 2	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.9% 8
Missing	249	970	157	354	184	0	1914
TOTAL	100% 115	100% 465	100% 67	100% 153	100% 97	1	897

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2004: General Social Survey: Since 1972, the National Opinion Research Center has conducted a nationwide survey of a random sample of U.S. citizens on a near-yearly basis—the General Social Survey (GSS). In addition to gathering detailed demographic information on respondents, the GSS gathers opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the role of government in public life, controversial issues such as abortion, confidence in public institutions and a host of others. Of course, respondents are unlikely to spend five hours completing a survey so in order to gather data on a broad range of issues the GSS has adopted the practice of rotating groups of questions into and out of the survey in different years.