General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ABMEDGOV2 Which of these statements comes closer to your view about what information a woman should have when she makes a decision about childbirth?   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	1054	94.9%	94.9%	-0.23
The government should decide	57	5.1%	100.0%	4.29

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	91.6% 141	92.5% 273	96.2% 275	96.8% 272	97.8% 90	94.9% 1051
The government should decide	8.4% 13	7.5% 22	3.8% 11	3.2% 9	2.2% 2	5.1% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 295	100.0% 286	100.0% 281	100.0% 92	1108

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	95.5% 337	92.7% 51	95.5% 149	97.2% 104	94.3% 148	94.1% 32	93.4% 225	94.8% 1046
The government should decide	4.5% 16	7.3% 4	4.5% 7	2.8% 3	5.7% 9	5.9% 2	6.6% 16	5.2% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 55	100.0% 156	100.0% 107	100.0% 157	100.0% 34	100.0% 241	1103

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	94.2% 195	95.6% 108	94.4% 389	94.1% 127	95.5% 191	94.7% 1010
The government should decide	5.8% 12	4.4% 5	5.6% 23	5.9% 8	4.5% 9	5.3% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 113	100.0% 412	100.0% 135	100.0% 200	1067

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	95.1% 750	93.8% 180	95.4% 124	94.9% 1054
The government should decide	4.9% 39	6.3% 12	4.6% 6	5.1% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 789	100.0% 192	100.0% 130	1111

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	95.8% 521	91.9% 204	100.0% 14	94.8% 256	95.9% 47	94.8% 1042
The government should decide	4.2% 23	8.1% 18	0.0% 0	5.2% 14	4.1% 2	5.2% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 222	100.0% 14	100.0% 270	100.0% 49	1099

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A woman and her medical professional should decide	93.6% 538	96.3% 516	94.9% 1054
The government should decide	6.4% 37	3.7% 20	5.1% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 575	100.0% 536	1111