General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABSTATE1

Here in [CURRENT STATE], how easy or hard do you think it is for a woman to get an abortion?
  1) Very easy
  2) Easy
  3) Neither easy nor hard
  4) Hard
  5) Very hard

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Very easy 367 19.8% 19.8% -1.35
Easy 671 36.2% 55.9% -0.42
Neither easy nor hard 518 27.9% 83.8% 0.51
Hard 217 11.7% 95.5% 1.45
Very hard 83 4.5% 100.0% 2.38

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 or older TOTAL
Very easy 16.1%
55
21.9%
116
20.7%
96
19.0%
73
18.8%
25
19.7%
365
Easy 36.0%
123
36.3%
192
39.5%
183
35.2%
135
27.8%
37
36.2%
670
Neither easy nor hard 31.6%
108
28.4%
150
24.0%
111
30.2%
116
23.3%
31
27.9%
516
Hard 12.9%
44
9.6%
51
10.4%
48
11.5%
44
22.6%
30
11.7%
217
Very hard 3.5%
12
3.8%
20
5.4%
25
4.2%
16
7.5%
10
4.5%
83
TOTAL 100.0%
342
100.0%
529
100.0%
463
100.0%
384
100.0%
133

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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
Very easy 16.5%
93
17.0%
19
21.7%
55
20.1%
38
21.1%
56
27.9%
17
21.4%
86
19.7%
364
Easy 31.4%
177
37.5%
42
39.5%
100
34.4%
65
40.6%
108
37.7%
23
38.2%
153
36.2%
668
Neither easy nor hard 31.2%
176
34.8%
39
23.7%
60
29.6%
56
26.3%
70
18.0%
11
25.4%
102
27.8%
514
Hard 15.1%
85
9.8%
11
10.3%
26
12.2%
23
7.1%
19
9.8%
6
11.7%
47
11.8%
217
Very hard 5.9%
33
0.9%
1
4.7%
12
3.7%
7
4.9%
13
6.6%
4
3.2%
13
4.5%
83
TOTAL 100.0%
564
100.0%
112
100.0%
253
100.0%
189
100.0%
266
100.0%
61
100.0%
401

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Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Extremely liberal or liberal Slightly liberal Moderate, middle of the road Slightly conservative Conservative or extremely conservative TOTAL
Very easy 13.1%
43
10.3%
22
20.1%
135
21.6%
49
29.6%
105
19.7%
354
Easy 34.7%
114
39.3%
84
35.9%
241
33.5%
76
38.6%
137
36.3%
652
Neither easy nor hard 27.7%
91
30.8%
66
29.8%
200
32.2%
73
20.6%
73
28.0%
503
Hard 16.1%
53
16.8%
36
10.0%
67
8.4%
19
9.3%
33
11.6%
208
Very hard 8.5%
28
2.8%
6
4.2%
28
4.4%
10
2.0%
7
4.4%
79
TOTAL 100.0%
329
100.0%
214
100.0%
671
100.0%
227
100.0%
355

1796


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Very easy 18.9%
248
25.0%
82
17.3%
37
19.8%
367
Easy 37.0%
486
34.8%
114
33.2%
71
36.2%
671
Neither easy nor hard 28.3%
372
25.3%
83
29.4%
63
27.9%
518
Hard 12.1%
159
9.8%
32
12.1%
26
11.7%
217
Very hard 3.7%
49
5.2%
17
7.9%
17
4.5%
83
TOTAL 100.0%
1314
100.0%
328
100.0%
214

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other (specify) TOTAL
Very easy 22.4%
197
21.7%
89
17.6%
6
14.0%
61
14.0%
12
19.8%
365
Easy 37.6%
330
33.9%
139
38.2%
13
34.6%
151
38.4%
33
36.1%
666
Neither easy nor hard 26.1%
229
27.6%
113
29.4%
10
31.0%
135
30.2%
26
27.8%
513
Hard 10.4%
91
11.7%
48
8.8%
3
14.2%
62
15.1%
13
11.8%
217
Very hard 3.5%
31
5.1%
21
5.9%
2
6.2%
27
2.3%
2
4.5%
83
TOTAL 100.0%
878
100.0%
410
100.0%
34
100.0%
436
100.0%
86

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Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Very easy 16.4%
136
22.5%
231
19.8%
367
Easy 36.0%
298
36.3%
373
36.2%
671
Neither easy nor hard 30.1%
249
26.2%
269
27.9%
518
Hard 13.3%
110
10.4%
107
11.7%
217
Very hard 4.2%
35
4.7%
48
4.5%
83
TOTAL 100.0%
828
100.0%
1028

1856

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