General Social Survey, 2000

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ABHLTH 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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1580	84.9%	84.9%	-.28
No	205	11%	95.9%	.43
Don't know	72	3.9%	99.8%	4.69
No answer	4	.2%	100%	5.4

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	84.2% 331	86.2% 494	84.6% 472	84.1% 280	84.9% 1577
No	12.0% 47	10.8% 62	10.8% 60	10.5% 35	11.0% 204
Don't know	3.6% 14	3.0% 17	4.1% 23	5.4% 18	3.9% 72
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 573	100.0% 558	100.0% 333	1857

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	87.3% 716	83.0% 864	84.9% 1580
No	9.0% 74	12.6% 131	11.0% 205
Don't know	3.4% 28	4.2% 44	3.9% 72
No answer	0.2% 2	0.2% 2	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 1041	1861

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	84.5% 707	80.3% 147	88.1% 273	84.1% 58	85.5% 394	84.9% 1579
No	11.2% 94	10.9% 20	9.0% 28	11.6% 8	11.9% 55	11.0% 205
Don't know	3.9% 33	8.2% 15	2.9% 9	4.3% 3	2.6% 12	3.9% 72
No answer	0.4% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 837	100.0% 183	100.0% 310	100.0% 69	100.0% 461	1860

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	86.3% 1281	79.3% 219	79.2% 80	84.9% 1580
No	9.5% 141	16.7% 46	17.8% 18	11.0% 205
Don't know	3.9% 58	4.0% 11	3.0% 3	3.9% 72
No answer	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 276	100.0% 101	1861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	78.1% 157	85.0% 232	82.7% 110	87.5% 904	85.5% 1403
No	17.4% 35	11.7% 32	14.3% 19	8.8% 91	10.8% 177
Don't know	4.5% 9	3.3% 9	3.0% 4	3.4% 35	3.5% 57
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 273	100.0% 133	100.0% 1033	1640

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	92.0% 427	87.0% 617	79.5% 462	85.9% 1506
No	6.7% 31	9.0% 64	15.3% 89	10.5% 184
Don't know	1.3% 6	3.5% 25	5.0% 29	3.4% 60
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 464	100.0% 709	100.0% 581	1754

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	84.1% 846	82.6% 375	95.7% 45	89.5% 230	86.5% 83	84.9% 1579
No	11.8% 119	11.7% 53	4.3% 2	8.6% 22	9.4% 9	11.0% 205
Don't know	4.0% 40	5.1% 23	0.0% 0	1.9% 5	4.2% 4	3.9% 72
No answer	0.1% 1	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1006	100.0% 454	100.0% 47	100.0% 257	100.0% 96	1860

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	80.2% 235	85.7% 850	82.2% 106	85.5% 247	90.3% 131	84.9% 1569
No	15.0% 44	10.6% 105	12.4% 16	9.7% 28	6.9% 10	11.0% 203
Don't know	4.8% 14	3.5% 35	4.7% 6	4.5% 13	2.8% 4	3.9% 72
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.8% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 293	100.0% 992	100.0% 129	100.0% 289	100.0% 145	1848