General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABMEDGOV1 Which of these statements comes closer to your view about what information a woman should have when she makes a decision about whether to have an abortion?   1) A woman and her medical professional should decide   2) The government should decide

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A woman and her medical professional should decide	1043	92.2%	92.2%	-0.29
The government should decide	88	7.8%	100.0%	3.44

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
A woman and her medical professional should decide	93.1% 215	89.1% 295	93.2% 245	95.2% 197	91.7% 88	92.2% 1040
The government should decide	6.9% 16	10.9% 36	6.8% 18	4.8% 10	8.3% 8	7.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 331	100.0% 263	100.0% 207	100.0% 96	1128

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
A woman and her medical professional should decide	94.4% 320	93.7% 74	91.1% 123	92.7% 114	92.0% 149	95.8% 46	88.8% 214	92.3% 1040
The government should decide	5.6% 19	6.3% 5	8.9% 12	7.3% 9	8.0% 13	4.2% 2	11.2% 27	7.7% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 339	100.0% 79	100.0% 135	100.0% 123	100.0% 162	100.0% 48	100.0% 241	1127

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	93.9% 170	94.0% 125	93.5% 390	92.0% 127	88.0% 198	92.3% 1010
The government should decide	6.1% 11	6.0% 8	6.5% 27	8.0% 11	12.0% 27	7.7% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 133	100.0% 417	100.0% 138	100.0% 225	1094

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	91.8% 762	93.2% 164	93.6% 117	92.2% 1043
The government should decide	8.2% 68	6.8% 12	6.4% 8	7.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 830	100.0% 176	100.0% 125	1131

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	91.0% 487	92.5% 236	91.3% 21	94.8% 238	90.3% 56	92.2% 1038
The government should decide	9.0% 48	7.5% 19	8.7% 2	5.2% 13	9.7% 6	7.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 535	100.0% 255	100.0% 23	100.0% 251	100.0% 62	1126

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	92.3% 398	92.1% 645	92.2% 1043
The government should decide	7.7% 33	7.9% 55	7.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 431	100.0% 700	1131