Life Choices, 1990

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WTEENSC1(Percentages are unweighted) I am going to read you some situations where a woman might consider having an abortion. For each situation, I want you to tell me whether you, personally, feel an abortion would be acceptable or unacceptable. F. If the pregnancy would require a teenager to drop out of school - is it acceptable or not during the first 3 months?   1) Acceptable   3) Don't know   2) Unacceptable

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Acceptable	617	28.4%	28.4%	-1.54
Don't know	1434	66.0%	94.3%	0.70
Unacceptable	123	5.7%	100.0%	-0.42

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
Acceptable	29.5% 122	29.5% 221	27.6% 117	28.4% 120	21.8% 34	28.4% 614
Don't know	66.3% 274	66.2% 495	66.3% 281	65.2% 275	64.7% 101	65.9% 1426
Unacceptable	4.1% 17	4.3% 32	6.1% 26	6.4% 27	13.5% 21	5.7% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Acceptable	43.4% 161	37.0% 250	20.2% 163	11.8% 34	28.4% 608
Don't know	50.9% 189	58.4% 395	73.4% 593	84.0% 241	66.2% 1418
Unacceptable	5.7% 21	4.6% 31	6.4% 52	4.2% 12	5.4% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Acceptable	17.9% 70	23.0% 164	30.9% 184	42.5% 198	28.5% 616
Don't know	74.2% 291	72.1% 513	63.4% 377	52.8% 246	65.9% 1427
Unacceptable	7.9% 31	4.9% 35	5.7% 34	4.7% 22	5.6% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	31.1% 174	27.1% 158	22.3% 150	37.6% 135	28.4% 617
Don't know	63.8% 357	65.9% 384	71.4% 480	59.3% 213	66.0% 1434
Unacceptable	5.2% 29	7.0% 41	6.3% 42	3.1% 11	5.7% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	29.6% 309	27.1% 295	28.3% 604
Don't know	65.4% 683	66.9% 727	66.1% 1410
Unacceptable	5.1% 53	6.0% 65	5.5% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	27.0% 314	23.2% 154	63.6% 35	14.4% 13	26.2% 516
Don't know	67.4% 784	70.6% 468	32.7% 18	83.3% 75	68.2% 1345
Unacceptable	5.7% 66	6.2% 41	3.6% 2	2.2% 2	5.6% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972