Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010

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HARDER2 For/Against: What about a law that would make it more difficult for a woman to obtain an abortion? (99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09)   -1) RF/DK   0) Against   1) For

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
RF/DK	337	8.5%	8.5%	-2.09
Against	2289	57.7%	66.2%	-.42
For	1342	33.8%	100%	1.25

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Religion Gender Political ideology Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-93	TOTAL
RF/DK	7.3% 57	9.3% 101	7.0% 77	9.0% 70	8.1% 305
Against	59.2% 465	54.9% 597	60.8% 672	56.7% 442	57.9% 2176
For	33.6% 264	35.8% 389	32.2% 356	34.3% 267	34.0% 1276
TOTAL	100.0% 786	100.0% 1087	100.0% 1105	100.0% 779	3757

Race (I-RACE)

	Anglos	Blacks	Hispanics	Asians	Other	TOTAL
RF/DK	6.3% 129	9.0% 60	10.7% 100	12.4% 13	15.9% 23	8.3% 325
Against	59.6% 1225	58.9% 393	53.8% 501	50.5% 53	57.2% 83	57.8% 2255
For	34.1% 700	32.1% 214	35.4% 330	37.1% 39	26.9% 39	33.9% 1322
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 667	100.0% 931	100.0% 105	100.0% 145	3902

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prostestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other religion	No religion	TOTAL
RF/DK	8.1% 152	9.5% 105	4.8% 2	8.6% 41	5.7% 20	8.3% 320
Against	55.4% 1039	54.2% 600	71.4% 30	60.3% 288	74.4% 261	57.6% 2218
For	36.5% 684	36.3% 401	23.8% 10	31.2% 149	19.9% 70	34.1% 1314
TOTAL	100.0% 1875	100.0% 1106	100.0% 42	100.0% 478	100.0% 351	3852

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
RF/DK	9.3% 172	7.9% 165	8.5% 337
Against	55.6% 1032	59.5% 1248	57.7% 2280
For	35.2% 653	32.6% 684	33.8% 1337
TOTAL	100.0% 1857	100.0% 2097	3954

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	TOTAL
RF/DK	7.9% 120	7.8% 104	9.0% 58	8.1% 282
Against	47.8% 729	64.9% 864	68.1% 439	58.0% 2032
For	44.3% 675	27.3% 364	22.9% 148	33.9% 1187
TOTAL	100.0% 1524	100.0% 1332	100.0% 645	3501

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% 57	9.2% 75	8.5% 98	6.6% 60	11.4% 14	5.9% 27	8.4% 331
Against	56.8% 274	55.2% 450	56.3% 649	58.4% 532	62.6% 77	63.6% 290	57.7% 2272
For	31.3% 151	35.6% 290	35.2% 406	35.0% 319	26.0% 32	30.5% 139	33.9% 1337
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 815	100.0% 1153	100.0% 911	100.0% 123	100.0% 456	3940