General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABMELEGL [Men only] Leaving aside what you think of abortion for those close to you, do you think a woman should continue to be able to have an abortion legally or not or would you say it depends?   1) Should   2) Should not   3) It depends

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Should	423	41.4%	41.4%	-1.12
Should not	134	13.1%	54.6%	-0.04
It depends	464	45.4%	100.0%	1.03

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Political ideology Race Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 or older	TOTAL
Should	46.4% 84	47.7% 124	38.7% 103	35.8% 82	35.4% 29	41.5% 422
Should not	9.4% 17	11.2% 29	13.9% 37	15.7% 36	17.1% 14	13.1% 133
It depends	44.2% 80	41.2% 107	47.4% 126	48.5% 111	47.6% 39	45.5% 463
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 260	100.0% 266	100.0% 229	100.0% 82	1018

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a year	About once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Every week or several times a week	TOTAL
Should	55.7% 194	44.8% 30	46.6% 68	41.2% 42	30.0% 36	22.6% 7	22.1% 45	41.5% 422
Should not	7.5% 26	6.0% 4	6.8% 10	10.8% 11	12.5% 15	32.3% 10	28.4% 58	13.2% 134
It depends	36.8% 128	49.3% 33	46.6% 68	48.0% 49	57.5% 69	45.2% 14	49.5% 101	45.4% 462
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 67	100.0% 146	100.0% 102	100.0% 120	100.0% 31	100.0% 204	1018

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Should	68.7% 114	50.8% 64	41.8% 148	31.3% 40	21.8% 46	41.8% 412
Should not	4.8% 8	7.9% 10	9.0% 32	10.9% 14	29.4% 62	12.8% 126
It depends	26.5% 44	41.3% 52	49.2% 174	57.8% 74	48.8% 103	45.4% 447
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 126	100.0% 354	100.0% 128	100.0% 211	985

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Should	44.4% 329	33.5% 52	33.6% 42	41.4% 423
Should not	12.1% 90	12.3% 19	20.0% 25	13.1% 134
It depends	43.5% 322	54.2% 84	46.4% 58	45.4% 464
TOTAL	100.0% 741	100.0% 155	100.0% 125	1021

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Should	30.3% 138	32.7% 68	52.6% 10	63.2% 175	53.8% 28	41.4% 419
Should not	16.7% 76	16.3% 34	10.5% 2	5.4% 15	5.8% 3	12.9% 130
It depends	53.0% 241	51.0% 106	36.8% 7	31.4% 87	40.4% 21	45.7% 462
TOTAL	100.0% 455	100.0% 208	100.0% 19	100.0% 277	100.0% 52	1011

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should	41.4% 423	0.00% 0	41.4% 423
Should not	13.1% 134	0.00% 0	13.1% 134
It depends	45.4% 464	0.00% 0	45.4% 464
TOTAL	100.0% 1021	100.0% 0	1021