General Social Survey, 1996

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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	1550	80.6%	80.6%	-.31
No	289	15%	95.6%	.37
Don't know	77	4%	99.6%	4.48
No answer	7	.4%	100%	5.16

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Education Religion Worship attendance Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	84.9% 388	79.6% 498	80.6% 449	75.6% 211	80.6% 1546
No	12.7% 58	15.3% 96	15.4% 86	17.6% 49	15.1% 289
Don't know	2.4% 11	4.2% 26	3.8% 21	6.8% 19	4.0% 77
No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 6	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	82.1% 699	79.4% 851	80.6% 1550
No	13.5% 115	16.2% 174	15.0% 289
Don't know	4.2% 36	3.8% 41	4.0% 77
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	81.4% 1260	77.8% 210	76.2% 80	80.6% 1550
No	14.4% 223	16.7% 45	20.0% 21	15.0% 289
Don't know	3.9% 61	4.8% 13	2.9% 3	4.0% 77
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	70.5% 220	82.9% 843	83.2% 104	81.8% 251	81.9% 127	80.6% 1545
No	22.1% 69	13.2% 134	12.8% 16	15.3% 47	13.5% 21	15.0% 287
Don't know	7.4% 23	3.6% 37	1.6% 2	2.9% 9	3.9% 6	4.0% 77
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	77.7% 857	79.5% 365	94.6% 35	91.8% 214	87.4% 76	80.6% 1547
No	17.8% 196	15.5% 71	5.4% 2	4.7% 11	10.3% 9	15.1% 289
Don't know	4.1% 45	4.6% 21	0.0% 0	3.4% 8	2.3% 2	4.0% 76
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	88.8% 413	92.1% 257	90.1% 263	86.0% 98	77.1% 225	59.1% 260	80.6% 1516
No	8.0% 37	3.6% 10	8.2% 24	12.3% 14	18.2% 53	33.4% 147	15.1% 285
Don't know	2.8% 13	4.3% 12	1.4% 4	1.8% 2	4.8% 14	6.8% 30	4.0% 75
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.3% 6
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	91.9% 215	87.2% 191	85.1% 589	80.9% 237	64.9% 240	81.4% 1472
No	7.7% 18	9.6% 21	11.1% 77	14.7% 43	28.4% 105	14.6% 264
Don't know	0.4% 1	2.3% 5	3.3% 23	4.4% 13	6.5% 24	3.7% 66
No answer	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 219	100.0% 692	100.0% 293	100.0% 370	1808