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Middletown Area Study, 2000

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > Local/Regional > Middletown Data > Analysis

ABORTION

Which of the following four statements best describes your opinion about abortion?

	1) Abortion should never be permitted
	2) Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger
	3) Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child
	4) Abortion should never be forbidden
	8) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Abortion should never be permitted	71	11.7%	11.7%	-1.29
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	249	41.1%	52.8%	-0.56
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	117	19.3%	72.1%	0.18
Abortion should never be forbidden	150	24.8%	96.9%	0.91
Don't know	19	3.1%	100.0%	3.85

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Abortion should never be permitted	10.5% 31	12.8% 40	11.7% 71
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	41.8% 123	40.4% 126	41.1% 249
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	20.1% 59	18.6% 58	19.3% 117
Abortion should never be forbidden	24.1% 71	25.3% 79	24.8% 150
Don't know	3.4% 10	2.9% 9	3.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 312	606

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Separated	Divorced	Never been married	TOTAL
Abortion should never be permitted	12.8% 47	7.6% 5	28.6% 2	10.2% 5	10.3% 12	11.7% 71
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	44.8% 164	56.1% 37	14.3% 1	30.6% 15	26.5% 31	41.0% 248
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	18.9% 69	18.2% 12	14.3% 1	24.5% 12	19.7% 23	19.3% 117
Abortion should never be forbidden	21.0% 77	10.6% 7	42.9% 3	30.6% 15	41.0% 48	24.8% 150
Don't know	2.5% 9	7.6% 5	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	2.6% 3	3.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 66	100.0% 7	100.0% 49	100.0% 117	605

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-36	37-49	50-64	65 plus	TOTAL
Abortion should never be permitted	10.8% 7	12.3% 14	12.7% 18	12.5% 19	10.5% 13	11.9% 71
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	30.8% 20	37.7% 43	35.9% 51	40.8% 62	54.8% 68	40.9% 244
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	20.0% 13	16.7% 19	23.2% 33	17.8% 27	19.4% 24	19.4% 116
Abortion should never be forbidden	38.5% 25	30.7% 35	26.1% 37	24.3% 37	11.3% 14	24.8% 148
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	2.1% 3	4.6% 7	4.0% 5	3.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 114	100.0% 142	100.0% 152	100.0% 124	597

Household income (I-INCOME)

	0-20K	20-40K	40-70K	70K plus	Don't know/Refused	TOTAL
Abortion should never be permitted	15.1% 16	11.6% 16	12.4% 21	7.3% 8	11.9% 10	11.7% 71
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	39.6% 42	42.8% 59	43.2% 73	33.9% 37	45.2% 38	41.1% 249
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	20.8% 22	18.1% 25	17.8% 30	26.6% 29	13.1% 11	19.3% 117
Abortion should never be forbidden	22.6% 24	25.4% 35	24.9% 42	27.5% 30	22.6% 19	24.8% 150
Don't know	1.9% 2	2.2% 3	1.8% 3	4.6% 5	7.1% 6	3.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 138	100.0% 169	100.0% 109	100.0% 84	606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish or other	None	TOTAL
Abortion should never be permitted	17.6% 12	12.7% 52	6.2% 6	0.0% 0	11.6% 70
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	52.9% 36	43.4% 177	30.9% 30	20.7% 6	41.4% 249
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	10.3% 7	21.6% 88	16.5% 16	20.7% 6	19.4% 117
Abortion should never be forbidden	17.6% 12	19.6% 80	43.3% 42	48.3% 14	24.6% 148
Don't know	1.5% 1	2.7% 11	3.1% 3	10.3% 3	3.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 408	100.0% 97	100.0% 29	602

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	College	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Abortion should never be permitted	22.2% 8	13.6% 28	9.9% 14	8.9% 11	7.8% 7	11.4% 68
Abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger	55.6% 20	46.1% 95	35.5% 50	46.8% 58	27.8% 25	41.5% 248
Abortion should be permitted if, due to her particular situation, the woman would have difficulty in caring for the child	13.9% 5	17.5% 36	21.3% 30	18.5% 23	22.2% 20	19.1% 114
Abortion should never be forbidden	2.8% 1	19.4% 40	31.9% 45	23.4% 29	37.8% 34	25.0% 149
Don't know	5.6% 2	3.4% 7	1.4% 2	2.4% 3	4.4% 4	3.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 206	100.0% 141	100.0% 124	100.0% 90	597