General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABHELP4 If a close family member or friend decided to have an abortion, which of the following kinds of help, if any, would you give if you were able? Help by providing emotional support   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1992	87.8%	87.8%	-0.37
No	278	12.2%	100.0%	2.68

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
Yes	90.3% 353	87.8% 552	88.8% 491	88.3% 436	78.7% 155	87.8% 1987
No	9.7% 38	12.2% 77	11.2% 62	11.7% 58	21.3% 42	12.2% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 391	100.0% 629	100.0% 553	100.0% 494	100.0% 197	2264

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
Yes	91.1% 632	94.2% 129	90.4% 265	92.2% 213	84.5% 272	84.9% 73	80.2% 398	87.7% 1982
No	8.9% 62	5.8% 8	9.6% 28	7.8% 18	15.5% 50	15.1% 13	19.8% 98	12.3% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 694	100.0% 137	100.0% 293	100.0% 231	100.0% 322	100.0% 86	100.0% 496	2259

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	94.1% 366	91.2% 227	90.2% 749	83.6% 230	81.1% 351	88.4% 1923
No	5.9% 23	8.8% 22	9.8% 81	16.4% 45	18.9% 82	11.6% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 389	100.0% 249	100.0% 830	100.0% 275	100.0% 433	2176

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	88.9% 1456	83.7% 313	86.1% 223	87.8% 1992
No	11.1% 181	16.3% 61	13.9% 36	12.2% 278
TOTAL	100.0% 1637	100.0% 374	100.0% 259	2270

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	84.7% 932	88.9% 426	94.7% 36	91.4% 480	96.4% 106	87.9% 1980
No	15.3% 169	11.1% 53	5.3% 2	8.6% 45	3.6% 4	12.1% 273
TOTAL	100.0% 1101	100.0% 479	100.0% 38	100.0% 525	100.0% 110	2253

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	88.1% 893	87.5% 1099	87.8% 1992
No	11.9% 121	12.5% 157	12.2% 278
TOTAL	100.0% 1014	100.0% 1256	2270