General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABDEFECT Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion: If there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1164	77.4%	77.4%	-0.54
No	339	22.6%	100.0%	1.85

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	75.2% 209	76.8% 337	78.6% 272	79.5% 236	77.3% 109	77.5% 1163
No	24.8% 69	23.2% 102	21.4% 74	20.5% 61	22.7% 32	22.5% 338
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 439	100.0% 346	100.0% 297	100.0% 141	1501

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	86.4% 395	80.9% 72	91.6% 174	83.2% 124	74.0% 159	62.5% 40	58.5% 193	77.4% 1157
No	13.6% 62	19.1% 17	8.4% 16	16.8% 25	26.0% 56	37.5% 24	41.5% 137	22.6% 337
TOTAL	100.0% 457	100.0% 89	100.0% 190	100.0% 149	100.0% 215	100.0% 64	100.0% 330	1494

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	91.5% 247	88.6% 147	80.5% 457	65.9% 114	57.8% 155	77.5% 1120
No	8.5% 23	11.4% 19	19.5% 111	34.1% 59	42.2% 113	22.5% 325
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 166	100.0% 568	100.0% 173	100.0% 268	1445

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	78.5% 857	75.5% 185	73.5% 122	77.4% 1164
No	21.5% 235	24.5% 60	26.5% 44	22.6% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 1092	100.0% 245	100.0% 166	1503

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	70.3% 514	77.4% 230	92.3% 24	89.0% 323	84.9% 62	77.4% 1153
No	29.7% 217	22.6% 67	7.7% 2	11.0% 40	15.1% 11	22.6% 337
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 297	100.0% 26	100.0% 363	100.0% 73	1490

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	79.7% 531	75.6% 633	77.4% 1164
No	20.3% 135	24.4% 204	22.6% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 666	100.0% 837	1503