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Life Choices, 1990

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PCTHREAT(Percentages are unweighted)

For each of the following phrases, tell me how well you think it describes people who are pro-choice . . . does it describe them very well, somewhat, not very well, or not at all? K. Pose a threat to American society

	4) Not at all well
	1) Very well
	3) Not very well
	2) Well
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not at all well	655	37.5%	37.5%	0.69
Very well	172	9.9%	47.4%	-2.01
Not very well	511	29.3%	76.7%	-0.21
Well	240	13.8%	90.4%	-1.11
Don't know	167	9.6%	100.0%	1.59

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Not at all well	38.3% 123	38.5% 247	36.0% 126	36.9% 122	36.7% 33	37.5% 651
Very well	9.7% 31	10.6% 68	10.3% 36	7.3% 24	14.4% 13	9.9% 172
Not very well	28.7% 92	29.1% 187	30.9% 108	29.9% 99	24.4% 22	29.3% 508
Well	14.3% 46	13.2% 85	13.7% 48	14.8% 49	12.2% 11	13.8% 239
Don't know	9.0% 29	8.6% 55	9.1% 32	11.2% 37	12.2% 11	9.5% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 642	100.0% 350	100.0% 331	100.0% 90	1734

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Not at all well	50.7% 153	43.1% 239	31.8% 209	21.7% 47	37.5% 648
Very well	7.6% 23	6.1% 34	9.6% 63	23.5% 51	9.9% 171
Not very well	26.2% 79	31.4% 174	30.3% 199	25.3% 55	29.3% 507
Well	8.3% 25	11.0% 61	16.7% 110	20.3% 44	13.9% 240
Don't know	7.3% 22	8.3% 46	11.6% 76	9.2% 20	9.5% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 554	100.0% 657	100.0% 217	1730

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Not at all well	25.5% 54	30.1% 168	40.5% 214	49.5% 217	37.6% 653
Very well	12.3% 26	11.1% 62	8.7% 46	8.2% 36	9.8% 170
Not very well	25.9% 55	32.7% 183	28.2% 149	27.9% 122	29.3% 509
Well	17.5% 37	14.7% 82	15.2% 80	9.4% 41	13.8% 240
Don't know	18.9% 40	11.4% 64	7.4% 39	5.0% 22	9.5% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 559	100.0% 528	100.0% 438	1737

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not at all well	36.0% 173	36.5% 182	32.6% 151	49.2% 149	37.5% 655
Very well	9.1% 44	11.0% 55	11.7% 54	6.3% 19	9.9% 172
Not very well	29.5% 142	30.9% 154	28.3% 131	27.7% 84	29.3% 511
Well	16.0% 77	14.3% 71	13.4% 62	9.9% 30	13.8% 240
Don't know	9.4% 45	7.2% 36	14.0% 65	6.9% 21	9.6% 167
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 498	100.0% 463	100.0% 303	1745

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all well	37.4% 307	37.3% 332	37.3% 639
Very well	9.7% 80	10.0% 89	9.9% 169
Not very well	30.2% 248	28.6% 255	29.4% 503
Well	13.2% 108	14.6% 130	13.9% 238
Don't know	9.5% 78	9.5% 85	9.5% 163
TOTAL	100.0% 821	100.0% 891	1712

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Not at all well	35.5% 323	32.4% 177	65.3% 32	37.2% 29	35.4% 561
Very well	11.0% 100	9.0% 49	8.2% 4	11.5% 9	10.2% 162
Not very well	29.5% 269	33.1% 181	14.3% 7	29.5% 23	30.3% 480
Well	13.0% 118	17.4% 95	8.2% 4	16.7% 13	14.5% 230
Don't know	11.1% 101	8.2% 45	4.1% 2	5.1% 4	9.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 911	100.0% 547	100.0% 49	100.0% 78	1585