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General Social Survey, 1980

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Should it be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion: If the woman's own health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy?

	1) Yes
	2) No
	8) Don't know
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1288	87.7%	87.7%	-.24
No	141	9.6%	97.3%	.62
Don't know	37	2.5%	99.9%	5.81
No answer	2	.1%	100%	6.67

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Yes	90.4% 357	91.5% 355	87.3% 275	84.6% 231	71.6% 63	87.8% 1281
No	8.4% 33	6.4% 25	9.5% 30	11.4% 31	22.7% 20	9.5% 139
Don't know	1.3% 5	1.8% 7	2.9% 9	4.0% 11	5.7% 5	2.5% 37
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 395	100.0% 388	100.0% 315	100.0% 273	100.0% 88	1459

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	89.7% 575	86.2% 713	87.7% 1288
No	7.2% 46	11.5% 95	9.6% 141
Don't know	3.0% 19	2.2% 18	2.5% 37
No answer	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 641	100.0% 827	1468

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	80.7% 359	90.6% 675	86.7% 39	92.4% 146	93.0% 66	87.8% 1285
No	15.1% 67	7.8% 58	4.4% 2	6.3% 10	4.2% 3	9.6% 140
Don't know	3.8% 17	1.6% 12	8.9% 4	1.3% 2	2.8% 2	2.5% 37
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 445	100.0% 745	100.0% 45	100.0% 158	100.0% 71	1464

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	88.6% 1168	80.7% 113	70.0% 7	87.7% 1288
No	8.7% 115	17.1% 24	20.0% 2	9.6% 141
Don't know	2.6% 34	1.4% 2	10.0% 1	2.5% 37
No answer	0.1% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1318	100.0% 140	100.0% 10	1468

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	89.9% 841	80.9% 293	87.5% 28	91.4% 96	96.7% 29	87.8% 1287
No	7.5% 70	16.3% 59	9.4% 3	6.7% 7	3.3% 1	9.6% 140
Don't know	2.5% 23	2.8% 10	3.1% 1	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 36
No answer	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 936	100.0% 362	100.0% 32	100.0% 105	100.0% 30	1465

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes	88.3% 496	86.8% 488	88.3% 293	88.9% 8	87.7% 1285
No	10.3% 58	9.3% 52	9.3% 31	0.0% 0	9.6% 141
Don't know	1.1% 6	3.9% 22	2.4% 8	11.1% 1	2.5% 37
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 562	100.0% 562	100.0% 332	100.0% 9	1465

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	88.4% 258	86.3% 352	85.9% 428	92.6% 250	87.7% 1288
No	9.2% 27	10.5% 43	11.0% 55	5.9% 16	9.6% 141
Don't know	2.4% 7	3.2% 13	2.6% 13	1.5% 4	2.5% 37
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 408	100.0% 498	100.0% 270	1468

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Yes	92.2% 154	92.2% 518	89.6% 275	79.3% 337	87.9% 1284
No	6.0% 10	6.0% 34	9.8% 30	15.5% 66	9.6% 140
Don't know	1.8% 3	1.8% 10	0.7% 2	4.9% 21	2.5% 36
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 562	100.0% 307	100.0% 425	1461