Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010

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HARDER1 For/Against: What about changing the law to make it more difficult for a woman to obtain an abortion? (90, 92, 95, 97)   -1) RF/DK   0) Against   1) For

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
RF/DK	180	7%	7%	-2.19
Against	1579	61.1%	68.1%	-.44
For	825	31.9%	100%	1.31

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Religion Gender Political ideology Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-93	TOTAL
RF/DK	5.5% 35	6.3% 63	6.9% 37	9.2% 34	6.6% 169
Against	62.4% 399	63.4% 631	61.5% 330	54.3% 201	61.4% 1561
For	32.1% 205	30.3% 302	31.7% 170	36.5% 135	31.9% 812
TOTAL	100.0% 639	100.0% 996	100.0% 537	100.0% 370	2542

Race (I-RACE)

	Anglos	Blacks	Hispanics	Asians	Other	TOTAL
RF/DK	5.8% 94	8.8% 36	8.8% 37	11.3% 6	7.6% 5	6.9% 178
Against	63.2% 1024	59.9% 246	52.8% 223	64.2% 34	69.7% 46	61.2% 1573
For	31.0% 502	31.4% 129	38.4% 162	24.5% 13	22.7% 15	31.9% 821
TOTAL	100.0% 1620	100.0% 411	100.0% 422	100.0% 53	100.0% 66	2572

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prostestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other religion	No religion	TOTAL
RF/DK	6.2% 87	7.5% 55	7.1% 2	8.8% 14	8.4% 19	7.0% 177
Against	61.7% 861	54.9% 402	82.1% 23	54.1% 86	78.9% 179	61.0% 1551
For	32.1% 448	37.6% 275	10.7% 3	37.1% 59	12.8% 29	32.0% 814
TOTAL	100.0% 1396	100.0% 732	100.0% 28	100.0% 159	100.0% 227	2542

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
RF/DK	7.8% 96	6.2% 84	7.0% 180
Against	60.5% 749	61.7% 830	61.1% 1579
For	31.7% 393	32.1% 432	31.9% 825
TOTAL	100.0% 1238	100.0% 1346	2584

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	TOTAL
RF/DK	5.9% 63	6.8% 60	6.3% 28	6.3% 151
Against	53.7% 577	66.9% 586	71.9% 317	61.9% 1480
For	40.4% 434	26.3% 230	21.8% 96	31.8% 760
TOTAL	100.0% 1074	100.0% 876	100.0% 441	2391

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than 12th grade	12th grade	1-3 years of college	Bachelor's degree (BA, BS)	Some graduate level work	Graduate degree (MA, MS, MBA, Med, MSW, PhD, JD, MD, DDS)	TOTAL
RF/DK	11.8% 34	8.0% 47	6.9% 58	5.6% 30	1.9% 2	3.6% 8	6.9% 179
Against	48.4% 140	57.8% 339	60.3% 505	66.4% 357	67.9% 72	74.5% 164	61.2% 1577
For	39.8% 115	34.2% 201	32.8% 275	28.1% 151	30.2% 32	21.8% 48	31.9% 822
TOTAL	100.0% 289	100.0% 587	100.0% 838	100.0% 538	100.0% 106	100.0% 220	2578