General Social Survey, 1996

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ABNOMORE Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if she is married and does not want any more children?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	853	44.4%	44.4%	-.57
No	972	50.5%	94.9%	.09
Don't know	91	4.7%	99.6%	4.04
No answer	7	.4%	100%	4.7

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Education Religion Worship attendance Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	46.2% 211	44.7% 280	46.1% 257	36.9% 103	44.3% 851
No	50.5% 231	48.7% 305	50.1% 279	55.6% 155	50.5% 970
Don't know	3.1% 14	5.8% 36	3.6% 20	7.5% 21	4.7% 91
No answer	0.2% 1	0.8% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 457	100.0% 626	100.0% 557	100.0% 279	1919

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	43.6% 371	45.0% 482	44.4% 853
No	51.2% 436	50.0% 536	50.5% 972
Don't know	5.1% 43	4.5% 48	4.7% 91
No answer	0.1% 1	0.6% 6	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 851	100.0% 1072	1923

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	43.5% 674	48.5% 131	45.7% 48	44.4% 853
No	51.5% 797	46.7% 126	46.7% 49	50.5% 972
Don't know	4.7% 73	4.1% 11	6.7% 7	4.7% 91
No answer	0.3% 4	0.7% 2	1.0% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1548	100.0% 270	100.0% 105	1923

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	31.1% 97	43.1% 438	44.8% 56	55.0% 169	58.1% 90	44.4% 850
No	62.5% 195	52.3% 532	48.8% 61	40.4% 124	36.8% 57	50.6% 969
Don't know	6.4% 20	4.3% 44	4.0% 5	4.6% 14	4.5% 7	4.7% 90
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 1017	100.0% 125	100.0% 307	100.0% 155	1916

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	41.3% 455	38.3% 176	86.5% 32	60.1% 140	55.2% 48	44.3% 851
No	54.3% 599	55.1% 253	10.8% 4	34.3% 80	40.2% 35	50.6% 971
Don't know	4.0% 44	6.1% 28	2.7% 1	5.6% 13	4.6% 4	4.7% 90
No answer	0.5% 5	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1103	100.0% 459	100.0% 37	100.0% 233	100.0% 87	1919

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	2-3 times a month	Once or more a week	TOTAL
Yes	58.3% 271	53.0% 148	48.6% 142	48.2% 55	38.4% 112	23.9% 105	44.3% 833
No	36.6% 170	39.4% 110	45.5% 133	47.4% 54	57.5% 168	72.5% 319	50.7% 954
Don't know	4.7% 22	7.5% 21	5.5% 16	4.4% 5	4.1% 12	3.2% 14	4.8% 90
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 465	100.0% 279	100.0% 292	100.0% 114	100.0% 292	100.0% 440	1882

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal or extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	64.5% 151	55.3% 121	43.9% 304	43.3% 127	30.3% 112	45.1% 815
No	32.5% 76	37.0% 81	50.9% 352	52.6% 154	65.9% 244	50.2% 907
Don't know	3.0% 7	7.3% 16	4.8% 33	3.8% 11	3.5% 13	4.4% 80
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 219	100.0% 692	100.0% 293	100.0% 370	1808