Life Choices, 1990

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RDEVALUE I am going to read you several reasons that people have given for limiting legal access to abortion. For each of these reasons I want you to tell me whether it is very convincing, fairly convincing, not very convincing, or not at all convincing, as a reason for limiting access to abortion. H. A pregnancy's significance is devalued by society's casual, permissive outlook on abortion.   1) Very convincing   2) Fairly convincing   3) Not very convincing   4) Not at all convincing

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very convincing	442	22.3%	22.3%	-1.38
Fairly convincing	696	35.1%	57.3%	-.35
Not very convincing	571	28.8%	86.1%	.67
Not at all convincing	276	13.9%	100%	1.7

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Very convincing	17.8% 68	22.4% 156	23.1% 89	23.4% 90	29.5% 38	22.3% 441
Fairly convincing	39.4% 150	31.0% 216	35.3% 136	37.1% 143	37.2% 48	35.1% 693
Not very convincing	32.8% 125	31.0% 216	24.9% 96	27.3% 105	22.5% 29	28.9% 571
Not at all convincing	10.0% 38	15.6% 109	16.6% 64	12.2% 47	10.9% 14	13.8% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 697	100.0% 385	100.0% 385	100.0% 129	1977

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Very convincing	15.3% 52	12.1% 77	27.6% 201	41.5% 107	22.3% 437
Fairly convincing	25.6% 87	35.4% 226	39.1% 284	33.7% 87	34.8% 684
Not very convincing	35.9% 122	36.4% 232	24.2% 176	14.3% 37	28.9% 567
Not at all convincing	23.2% 79	16.1% 103	9.1% 66	10.5% 27	14.0% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 638	100.0% 727	100.0% 258	1963

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Very convincing	29.3% 97	23.7% 154	20.6% 114	17.0% 75	22.3% 440
Fairly convincing	37.2% 123	39.2% 255	32.5% 180	30.8% 136	35.1% 694
Not very convincing	22.7% 75	26.3% 171	30.9% 171	34.2% 151	28.7% 568
Not at all convincing	10.9% 36	10.9% 71	15.9% 88	18.1% 80	13.9% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 651	100.0% 553	100.0% 442	1977

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very convincing	21.1% 111	20.2% 107	26.4% 157	19.9% 67	22.3% 442
Fairly convincing	36.2% 190	33.2% 176	38.7% 230	29.8% 100	35.1% 696
Not very convincing	29.0% 152	32.5% 172	25.1% 149	29.2% 98	28.8% 571
Not at all convincing	13.7% 72	14.2% 75	9.8% 58	21.1% 71	13.9% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 525	100.0% 530	100.0% 594	100.0% 336	1985

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very convincing	19.4% 187	24.7% 243	22.1% 430
Fairly convincing	38.0% 366	32.5% 320	35.2% 686
Not very convincing	31.1% 300	26.7% 263	28.9% 563
Not at all convincing	11.5% 111	16.1% 158	13.8% 269
TOTAL	100.0% 964	100.0% 984	1948

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very convincing	23.6% 248	23.0% 141	11.3% 6	37.2% 32	23.7% 427
Fairly convincing	34.2% 359	40.9% 251	26.4% 14	32.6% 28	36.2% 652
Not very convincing	29.5% 310	25.0% 153	26.4% 14	20.9% 18	27.5% 495
Not at all convincing	12.7% 133	11.1% 68	35.8% 19	9.3% 8	12.7% 228
TOTAL	100.0% 1050	100.0% 613	100.0% 53	100.0% 86	1802