ABC News Poll: Religion and Politics, 2004

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ABORTION (Weighted by WEIGHT) On another subject, do you think abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases, illegal in most cases or illegal in all cases?   1) Legal in all cases   2) Legal in most cases   3) Illegal in most cases   4) Illegal in all cases   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Legal in all cases	230	23%	23%
Legal in most cases	309	30.9%	53.9%
Illegal in most cases	233	23.3%	77.2%
Illegal in all cases	205	20.5%	97.7%
DK/No opinion	24	2.4%	100.1%
Missing	5

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Region Gender Age Race Education Religion Church

Region (I-REG4)

	Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	South (Census Division 5,6,7)	West (Census Division 8,9)	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	31.7% 63	22.8% 50	17.4% 64	25.1% 54	23.1% 231
Legal in most cases	30.7% 61	29.2% 64	28.9% 106	35.8% 77	30.8% 308
Illegal in most cases	19.6% 39	25.6% 56	25.6% 94	20.5% 44	23.3% 233
Illegal in all cases	15.6% 31	20.1% 44	25.1% 92	17.2% 37	20.4% 204
DK/No opinion	2.5% 5	2.3% 5	3.0% 11	1.4% 3	2.4% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 219	100.0% 367	100.0% 215	1000

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	19.9% 96	25.8% 134	23.0% 230
Legal in most cases	30.9% 149	30.8% 160	30.9% 309
Illegal in most cases	26.8% 129	20.0% 104	23.3% 233
Illegal in all cases	20.1% 97	20.8% 108	20.5% 205
DK/No opinion	2.3% 11	2.5% 13	2.4% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 519	1001

Age (I-AGE4)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	22.2% 51	22.7% 64	26.2% 72	20.0% 40	23.0% 227
Legal in most cases	28.3% 65	34.0% 96	30.9% 85	29.5% 59	30.9% 305
Illegal in most cases	26.1% 60	23.0% 65	21.5% 59	24.0% 48	23.5% 232
Illegal in all cases	22.2% 51	16.7% 47	20.7% 57	22.5% 45	20.3% 200
DK/No opinion	1.3% 3	3.5% 10	0.7% 2	4.0% 8	2.3% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 230	100.0% 282	100.0% 275	100.0% 200	987

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	24.0% 182	16.8% 17	23.2% 16	19.7% 12	23.0% 227
Legal in most cases	31.7% 240	22.8% 23	29.0% 20	37.7% 23	31.0% 306
Illegal in most cases	23.8% 180	20.8% 21	29.0% 20	18.0% 11	23.5% 232
Illegal in all cases	18.2% 138	34.7% 35	18.8% 13	23.0% 14	20.2% 200
DK/No opinion	2.2% 17	5.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.3% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 101	100.0% 69	100.0% 61	988

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	HS Grad	Some Coll	Coll Grad	Post Grad	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	13.8% 22	21.9% 70	24.3% 54	26.9% 56	31.0% 27	23.0% 229
Legal in most cases	20.6% 33	32.9% 105	29.7% 66	33.2% 69	39.1% 34	30.8% 307
Illegal in most cases	23.1% 37	23.5% 75	27.0% 60	21.2% 44	18.4% 16	23.3% 232
Illegal in all cases	38.1% 61	19.1% 61	17.1% 38	17.3% 36	11.5% 10	20.7% 206
DK/No opinion	4.4% 7	2.5% 8	1.8% 4	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 319	100.0% 222	100.0% 208	100.0% 87	996

Religion (I-RELINETS)

	Protest	Catholic	ChrNonProt	OtherNonCh	None	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	17.2% 78	25.9% 58	17.1% 20	47.4% 18	34.9% 51	23.0% 225
Legal in most cases	31.3% 142	29.5% 66	30.8% 36	31.6% 12	32.9% 48	31.1% 304
Illegal in most cases	27.6% 125	24.6% 55	23.9% 28	7.9% 3	13.7% 20	23.6% 231
Illegal in all cases	21.6% 98	17.4% 39	26.5% 31	10.5% 4	16.4% 24	20.0% 196
DK/No opinion	2.2% 10	2.7% 6	1.7% 2	2.6% 1	2.1% 3	2.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 453	100.0% 224	100.0% 117	100.0% 38	100.0% 146	978

Church (I-CHURCH)

	1 per week	Few month	Less often	Never	TOTAL
Legal in all cases	10.3% 34	18.5% 32	33.0% 142	35.8% 19	23.0% 227
Legal in most cases	20.0% 66	33.5% 58	39.1% 168	24.5% 13	30.9% 305
Illegal in most cases	31.5% 104	28.3% 49	16.7% 72	9.4% 5	23.3% 230
Illegal in all cases	35.5% 117	17.9% 31	10.0% 43	20.8% 11	20.5% 202
DK/No opinion	2.7% 9	1.7% 3	1.2% 5	9.4% 5	2.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 173	100.0% 430	100.0% 53	986