General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABFELEGL [Women only] Leaving aside what you think of abortion for yourself, 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	481	38.3%	38.3%	-1.18
Should not	193	15.4%	53.7%	-0.09
It depends	581	46.3%	100.0%	1.00

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	39.3% 83	37.2% 137	36.6% 106	46.6% 125	24.3% 28	38.3% 479
Should not	10.4% 22	18.8% 69	14.1% 41	12.3% 33	23.5% 27	15.3% 192
It depends	50.2% 106	44.0% 162	49.3% 143	41.0% 110	52.2% 60	46.4% 581
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 368	100.0% 290	100.0% 268	100.0% 115	1252

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	52.7% 183	50.0% 35	38.8% 57	43.1% 56	33.0% 67	28.8% 15	21.5% 64	38.3% 477
Should not	8.1% 28	2.9% 2	8.8% 13	4.6% 6	14.3% 29	30.8% 16	33.2% 99	15.5% 193
It depends	39.2% 136	47.1% 33	52.4% 77	52.3% 68	52.7% 107	40.4% 21	45.3% 135	46.3% 577
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 70	100.0% 147	100.0% 130	100.0% 203	100.0% 52	100.0% 298	1247

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Should	68.9% 153	44.0% 55	38.0% 181	27.3% 41	15.5% 35	38.8% 465
Should not	6.3% 14	8.0% 10	9.7% 46	24.7% 37	32.3% 73	15.0% 180
It depends	24.8% 55	48.0% 60	52.3% 249	48.0% 72	52.2% 118	46.2% 554
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 125	100.0% 476	100.0% 150	100.0% 226	1199

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Should	41.9% 375	29.7% 66	29.0% 40	38.3% 481
Should not	15.6% 140	10.8% 24	21.0% 29	15.4% 193
It depends	42.5% 380	59.5% 132	50.0% 69	46.3% 581
TOTAL	100.0% 895	100.0% 222	100.0% 138	1255

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Should	29.6% 193	37.4% 101	73.7% 14	58.5% 145	37.7% 23	38.1% 476
Should not	19.4% 126	16.7% 45	0.0% 0	6.5% 16	9.8% 6	15.5% 193
It depends	51.0% 332	45.9% 124	26.3% 5	35.1% 87	52.5% 32	46.4% 580
TOTAL	100.0% 651	100.0% 270	100.0% 19	100.0% 248	100.0% 61	1249

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should	0.00% 0	38.3% 481	38.3% 481
Should not	0.00% 0	15.4% 193	15.4% 193
It depends	0.00% 0	46.3% 581	46.3% 581
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1255	1255