General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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ABRAPE Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion . . . E. If she became pregnant as a result of rape?   0) Inapplicable   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Inapplicable	1163	32.7%	32.7%	-.72
Yes	1773	49.8%	82.5%	-.03
No	509	14.3%	96.8%	.66
Don't know	100	2.8%	99.6%	4.8
No answer	14	.4%	100%	5.49

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Race Region Religion Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Inapplicable	32.5% 187	34.4% 335	33.4% 337	31.2% 207	26.9% 82	32.5% 1148
Yes	51.4% 296	48.7% 474	49.6% 500	49.9% 331	52.8% 161	50.0% 1762
No	14.1% 81	13.6% 132	14.6% 147	14.5% 96	15.7% 48	14.3% 504
Don't know	1.7% 10	3.1% 30	1.9% 19	4.1% 27	4.3% 13	2.8% 99
No answer	0.3% 2	0.3% 3	0.6% 6	0.3% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 974	100.0% 1009	100.0% 663	100.0% 305	3527

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Several times a year or less	1-3 times a month	Every week or nearly every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Inapplicable	34.1% 252	34.2% 381	33.6% 182	30.1% 257	30.3% 90	32.8% 1162
Yes	58.5% 432	54.9% 612	51.1% 277	42.8% 366	26.9% 80	49.8% 1767
No	4.7% 35	8.8% 98	12.5% 68	22.3% 191	38.7% 115	14.3% 507
Don't know	2.3% 17	2.0% 22	2.6% 14	4.3% 37	2.4% 7	2.7% 97
No answer	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 4	1.7% 5	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 739	100.0% 1114	100.0% 542	100.0% 855	100.0% 297	3547

Education (I-EDUC)

	Left high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor	Graduate	TOTAL
Inapplicable	34.0% 164	31.5% 554	37.3% 113	33.6% 220	31.0% 112	32.7% 1163
Yes	37.1% 179	51.1% 897	49.5% 150	51.5% 337	57.6% 208	49.8% 1771
No	23.2% 112	14.7% 259	10.6% 32	11.6% 76	8.3% 30	14.3% 509
Don't know	5.4% 26	2.2% 39	1.7% 5	3.1% 20	2.8% 10	2.8% 100
No answer	0.2% 1	0.5% 8	1.0% 3	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 1757	100.0% 303	100.0% 654	100.0% 361	3557

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Inapplicable	33.8% 531	31.8% 632	32.7% 1163
Yes	51.6% 809	48.4% 964	49.8% 1773
No	11.7% 183	16.4% 326	14.3% 509
Don't know	2.3% 36	3.2% 64	2.8% 100
No answer	0.6% 10	0.2% 4	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 1569	100.0% 1990	3559

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	32.4% 896	33.8% 166	33.6% 101	32.7% 1163
Yes	50.8% 1407	47.0% 231	44.9% 135	49.8% 1773
No	13.7% 379	16.1% 79	16.9% 51	14.3% 509
Don't know	2.7% 76	2.2% 11	4.3% 13	2.8% 100
No answer	0.3% 9	0.8% 4	0.3% 1	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 2767	100.0% 491	100.0% 301	3559

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Inapplicable	33.2% 202	33.1% 260	33.5% 441	30.6% 259	32.7% 1162
Yes	52.1% 317	50.4% 396	45.5% 599	54.4% 461	49.8% 1773
No	10.2% 62	13.5% 106	17.9% 236	12.4% 105	14.3% 509
Don't know	3.8% 23	2.8% 22	2.9% 38	2.0% 17	2.8% 100
No answer	0.7% 4	0.3% 2	0.2% 3	0.6% 5	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 786	100.0% 1317	100.0% 847	3558

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Inapplicable	32.0% 583	32.8% 276	43.5% 27	33.5% 195	31.3% 76	32.6% 1157
Yes	48.0% 873	46.6% 392	51.6% 32	59.3% 345	52.3% 127	49.9% 1769
No	17.3% 314	16.8% 141	0.0% 0	5.0% 29	10.3% 25	14.3% 509
Don't know	2.4% 43	3.6% 30	3.2% 2	1.7% 10	5.8% 14	2.8% 99
No answer	0.4% 7	0.2% 2	1.6% 1	0.5% 3	0.4% 1	0.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 1820	100.0% 841	100.0% 62	100.0% 582	100.0% 243	3548

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate	Conservative	TOTAL
Inapplicable	32.8% 315	32.1% 422	33.4% 384	32.7% 1121
Yes	57.3% 551	54.0% 710	41.0% 472	50.6% 1733
No	8.5% 82	10.6% 139	22.3% 256	13.9% 477
Don't know	1.1% 11	2.7% 35	3.2% 37	2.4% 83
No answer	0.2% 2	0.7% 9	0.1% 1	0.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 961	100.0% 1315	100.0% 1150	3426