General Social Survey, 1990

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ABRAPE Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if she became pregnant as a result of rape?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	740	80.7%	80.7%	-.32
No	133	14.5%	95.2%	.34
Don't know	39	4.3%	99.5%	4.25
No answer	5	.5%	100%	4.91

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Religion Political ideology Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Yes	88.6% 163	81.1% 261	79.7% 126	78.2% 133	68.7% 57	80.7% 740
No	8.7% 16	15.2% 49	15.8% 25	14.7% 25	21.7% 18	14.5% 133
Don't know	2.2% 4	3.1% 10	3.8% 6	7.1% 12	8.4% 7	4.3% 39
No answer	0.5% 1	0.6% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 322	100.0% 158	100.0% 170	100.0% 83	917

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Yes	93.2% 177	87.3% 96	89.4% 110	91.9% 57	84.4% 103	62.6% 176	81.0% 719
No	4.7% 9	7.3% 8	5.7% 7	6.5% 4	11.5% 14	31.0% 87	14.5% 129
Don't know	2.1% 4	5.5% 6	4.1% 5	1.6% 1	3.3% 4	5.7% 16	4.1% 36
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.7% 2	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 110	100.0% 123	100.0% 62	100.0% 122	100.0% 281	888

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Yes	71.7% 137	80.9% 395	92.6% 50	87.0% 107	84.2% 48	80.7% 737
No	20.4% 39	13.5% 66	7.4% 4	12.2% 15	14.0% 8	14.5% 132
Don't know	7.3% 14	4.7% 23	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.8% 1	4.3% 39
No answer	0.5% 1	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 488	100.0% 54	100.0% 123	100.0% 57	913

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	82.9% 330	79.0% 410	80.7% 740
No	12.1% 48	16.4% 85	14.5% 133
Don't know	4.8% 19	3.9% 20	4.3% 39
No answer	0.3% 1	0.8% 4	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 519	917

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	79.4% 462	78.9% 176	94.4% 17	95.2% 59	82.8% 24	80.7% 738
No	15.6% 91	16.1% 36	5.6% 1	1.6% 1	13.8% 4	14.6% 133
Don't know	4.3% 25	4.5% 10	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	3.4% 1	4.2% 38
No answer	0.7% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 223	100.0% 18	100.0% 62	100.0% 29	914

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	90.5% 105	90.4% 104	84.2% 271	78.9% 127	70.9% 95	55.6% 20	81.7% 722
No	6.0% 7	9.6% 11	9.6% 31	19.3% 31	24.6% 33	33.3% 12	14.1% 125
Don't know	2.6% 3	0.0% 0	5.6% 18	1.9% 3	4.5% 6	8.3% 3	3.7% 33
No answer	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 115	100.0% 322	100.0% 161	100.0% 134	100.0% 36	884

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	80.9% 628	80.8% 80	76.2% 32	80.7% 740
No	14.3% 111	15.2% 15	16.7% 7	14.5% 133
Don't know	4.4% 34	2.0% 2	7.1% 3	4.3% 39
No answer	0.4% 3	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 776	100.0% 99	100.0% 42	917