American National Election Studies, Panel Study, 2008-2009

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W10R2 Next, we'd like to ask you about some situations in which a woman might want to have an abortion. For each one, please say whether you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose it being legal for the woman to have an abortion in that situation. [First/Next], do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose abortion being legal if staying pregnant would hurt the woman's health but is very unlikely to cause her to die?   -7) No answer   -6) Not asked, unit non-response   -2) Missing, see documentation   -1) Inapplicable   1) Favor abortion being legal   2) Oppose abortion being legal   3) Neither favor nor oppose

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No answer	1	0%	0%	-2.7
Not asked, unit non-response	346	11.3%	11.4%	-2.28
Missing, see documentation	64	2.1%	13.5%	-.6
Inapplicable	1487	48.8%	62.2%	-.18
Favor abortion being legal	567	18.6%	80.8%	.66
Oppose abortion being legal	358	11.7%	92.6%	1.08
Neither favor nor oppose	226	7.4%	100%	1.5

Variable Comparisons

Gender Age Race Education Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Not asked, unit non-response	12.2% 158	10.7% 188	11.3% 346
Missing, see documentation	1.5% 20	2.5% 44	2.1% 64
Inapplicable	49.9% 646	47.9% 841	48.8% 1487
Favor abortion being legal	18.0% 233	19.0% 334	18.6% 567
Oppose abortion being legal	11.7% 152	11.7% 206	11.7% 358
Neither favor nor oppose	6.6% 85	8.0% 141	7.4% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 1295	100.0% 1754	3049

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Not asked, unit non-response	20.2% 58	11.7% 88	10.2% 113	9.9% 69	9.1% 18	11.3% 346
Missing, see documentation	4.9% 14	2.1% 16	1.6% 18	1.9% 13	1.5% 3	2.1% 64
Inapplicable	40.8% 117	48.2% 364	49.7% 551	50.1% 351	52.5% 104	48.8% 1487
Favor abortion being legal	12.5% 36	18.7% 141	20.7% 230	17.7% 124	18.2% 36	18.6% 567
Oppose abortion being legal	13.9% 40	11.9% 90	11.0% 122	11.6% 81	12.6% 25	11.7% 358
Neither favor nor oppose	7.7% 22	7.4% 56	6.7% 74	8.9% 62	6.1% 12	7.4% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 755	100.0% 1109	100.0% 700	100.0% 198	3049

Race (I-RACE)

	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Other, non-Hispanic	TOTAL
No answer	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Not asked, unit non-response	9.8% 242	16.9% 45	16.6% 28	12.5% 15	10.9% 330
Missing, see documentation	2.1% 52	1.5% 4	1.2% 2	4.2% 5	2.1% 63
Inapplicable	50.0% 1239	44.4% 118	44.4% 75	45.8% 55	49.0% 1487
Favor abortion being legal	19.1% 474	15.4% 41	13.0% 22	25.0% 30	18.7% 567
Oppose abortion being legal	11.7% 290	10.5% 28	18.9% 32	6.7% 8	11.8% 358
Neither favor nor oppose	7.2% 179	11.3% 30	5.9% 10	5.8% 7	7.5% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 2477	100.0% 266	100.0% 169	100.0% 120	3032

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	High school diploma	Some college, no bachelor's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Not asked, unit non-response	25.0% 30	12.4% 61	11.5% 128	8.2% 59	9.2% 53	11.0% 331
Missing, see documentation	0.8% 1	2.4% 12	2.3% 26	2.5% 18	1.0% 6	2.1% 63
Inapplicable	48.3% 58	43.9% 216	50.1% 559	48.8% 351	51.2% 294	48.9% 1478
Favor abortion being legal	10.0% 12	15.2% 75	15.2% 170	23.1% 166	24.9% 143	18.7% 566
Oppose abortion being legal	10.0% 12	14.6% 72	12.5% 139	11.9% 86	8.4% 48	11.8% 357
Neither favor nor oppose	5.8% 7	11.4% 56	8.3% 92	5.6% 40	5.2% 30	7.4% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 492	100.0% 1115	100.0% 720	100.0% 574	3021

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $25,000	$25,000 to $49,999	$50,000 to $74,999	$75,000 to $99,999	$100,000 to $149,999	$150,000 or more	TOTAL
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Not asked, unit non-response	18.2% 71	12.3% 96	8.9% 58	9.2% 42	8.2% 35	10.2% 30	11.0% 332
Missing, see documentation	2.6% 10	2.4% 19	1.4% 9	2.0% 9	2.1% 9	2.0% 6	2.1% 62
Inapplicable	46.7% 182	48.1% 376	49.6% 325	51.1% 234	48.4% 207	49.1% 144	48.9% 1468
Favor abortion being legal	13.1% 51	15.2% 119	19.8% 130	18.3% 84	25.7% 110	23.5% 69	18.7% 563
Oppose abortion being legal	9.7% 38	13.4% 105	12.1% 79	12.9% 59	9.8% 42	10.6% 31	11.8% 354
Neither favor nor oppose	9.7% 38	8.3% 65	8.2% 54	6.6% 30	5.8% 25	4.4% 13	7.5% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 390	100.0% 781	100.0% 655	100.0% 458	100.0% 428	100.0% 293	3005