General Social Survey, 2002

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ABRAPE Legal abortion: If she became pregnant as a result of rape?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	721	78%	78%	-.33
No	184	19.9%	97.9%	.63
Don't know	19	2.1%	100%	6.38

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	79.4% 592	71.5% 88	78.3% 680
No	19.2% 143	24.4% 30	19.9% 173
Don't know	1.5% 11	4.1% 5	1.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 746	100.0% 123	869

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	76.6% 315	79.8% 67	75.4% 107	81.1% 30	80.8% 202	78.0% 721
No	22.1% 91	19.0% 16	21.8% 31	16.2% 6	16.0% 40	19.9% 184
Don't know	1.2% 5	1.2% 1	2.8% 4	2.7% 1	3.2% 8	2.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 84	100.0% 142	100.0% 37	100.0% 250	924

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	78.4% 152	78.8% 190	74.5% 231	82.7% 148	78.0% 721
No	19.6% 38	18.7% 45	22.9% 71	16.8% 30	19.9% 184
Don't know	2.1% 4	2.5% 6	2.6% 8	0.6% 1	2.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 241	100.0% 310	100.0% 179	924

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	74.4% 61	76.0% 92	74.2% 49	79.4% 439	78.0% 641
No	24.4% 20	21.5% 26	21.2% 14	19.3% 107	20.3% 167
Don't know	1.2% 1	2.5% 3	4.5% 3	1.3% 7	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 121	100.0% 66	100.0% 553	822

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	88.2% 202	79.8% 288	69.4% 213	66.7% 16	78.1% 719
No	9.6% 22	18.8% 68	29.0% 89	16.7% 4	19.9% 183
Don't know	2.2% 5	1.4% 5	1.6% 5	16.7% 4	2.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 229	100.0% 361	100.0% 307	100.0% 24	921

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	74.7% 348	74.7% 171	93.3% 14	89.2% 124	84.5% 60	100.0% 1	78.0% 718
No	23.2% 108	23.6% 54	6.7% 1	7.9% 11	14.1% 10	0.0% 0	20.0% 184
Don't know	2.1% 10	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	2.9% 4	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 466	100.0% 229	100.0% 15	100.0% 139	100.0% 71	100.0% 1	921

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	68.3% 99	77.5% 371	83.6% 56	81.6% 120	88.1% 74	78.1% 720
No	26.9% 39	21.1% 101	14.9% 10	17.7% 26	9.5% 8	20.0% 184
Don't know	4.8% 7	1.5% 7	1.5% 1	0.7% 1	2.4% 2	2.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 479	100.0% 67	100.0% 147	100.0% 84	922

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	78.5% 390	77.5% 331	78.0% 721
No	18.9% 94	21.1% 90	19.9% 184
Don't know	2.6% 13	1.4% 6	2.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 497	100.0% 427	924