American National Election Studies, 2000

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PABRTIM All abortion respondents: How important is this issue to you personally? Not at all important, not too important, somewhat important, very important, or extremely important?   0) NA; INAP   1) Not at all important   2) Not too important   3) Somewhat important   4) Very important   5) Extremely important   8) DK   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA; INAP	251	13.9%	13.9%	-1.92
Not at all important	62	3.4%	17.3%	-1.3
Not too important	173	9.6%	26.9%	-.67
Somewhat important	473	26.2%	53.1%	-.05
Very important	538	29.8%	82.9%	.58
Extremely important	301	16.7%	99.6%	1.2
DK	7	.4%	99.9%	3.08
Refused	1	.1%	100%	3.7

Variable Comparisons

Worship attendance Age Marital status Sex Race

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	NA	Yes	No	Refused	TOTAL
NA; INAP	60.0% 3	13.8% 172	13.6% 74	25.0% 2	13.9% 251
Not at all important	20.0% 1	3.0% 38	4.0% 22	12.5% 1	3.4% 62
Not too important	0.0% 0	8.3% 103	12.8% 70	0.0% 0	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	26.4% 329	26.1% 142	25.0% 2	26.2% 473
Very important	0.0% 0	30.6% 382	28.4% 155	12.5% 1	29.8% 538
Extremely important	20.0% 1	17.4% 217	14.9% 81	25.0% 2	16.7% 301
DK	0.0% 0	0.5% 6	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 1248	100.0% 545	100.0% 8	1806

(I-RELAFA)

	NA/DK/RF	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
NA; INAP	14.3% 82	10.5% 57	13.4% 48	10.7% 3	20.1% 61	13.9% 251
Not at all important	4.2% 24	3.9% 21	3.1% 11	3.6% 1	1.7% 5	3.4% 62
Not too important	12.7% 73	8.3% 45	9.2% 33	10.7% 3	6.3% 19	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	25.8% 148	29.3% 159	25.3% 91	28.6% 8	22.1% 67	26.2% 473
Very important	27.5% 158	30.4% 165	32.6% 117	25.0% 7	30.0% 91	29.8% 538
Extremely important	15.3% 88	16.8% 91	15.6% 56	21.4% 6	19.8% 60	16.7% 301
DK	0.2% 1	0.7% 4	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 574	100.0% 542	100.0% 359	100.0% 28	100.0% 303	1806

(I-RELNA2)

	NA/DK/RF	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
NA; INAP	14.3% 215	9.8% 12	13.0% 13	0.0% 0	17.7% 11	13.9% 251
Not at all important	3.5% 52	6.5% 8	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	3.4% 62
Not too important	9.1% 137	13.8% 17	14.0% 14	13.3% 2	4.8% 3	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	26.0% 392	24.4% 30	28.0% 28	20.0% 3	32.3% 20	26.2% 473
Very important	29.6% 446	29.3% 36	32.0% 32	40.0% 6	29.0% 18	29.8% 538
Extremely important	17.0% 256	16.3% 20	12.0% 12	26.7% 4	14.5% 9	16.7% 301
DK	0.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1506	100.0% 123	100.0% 100	100.0% 15	100.0% 62	1806

Age (I-AGE)

	18-35	36-45	46-64	65+	NA	TOTAL
NA; INAP	18.1% 89	16.2% 69	12.1% 68	7.6% 24	11.1% 1	13.9% 251
Not at all important	1.6% 8	3.1% 13	2.7% 15	7.9% 25	11.1% 1	3.4% 62
Not too important	7.1% 35	7.3% 31	11.9% 67	12.4% 39	11.1% 1	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	26.6% 131	27.1% 115	23.9% 135	28.9% 91	11.1% 1	26.2% 473
Very important	28.4% 140	28.0% 119	30.1% 170	33.3% 105	44.4% 4	29.8% 538
Extremely important	18.3% 90	17.6% 75	19.1% 108	8.6% 27	11.1% 1	16.7% 301
DK	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 493	100.0% 425	100.0% 564	100.0% 315	100.0% 9	1806

Marital status (I-MARIT)

	Married/Partner	Widowed	Divorced/Separated	Never married	NA/RF	TOTAL
NA; INAP	12.8% 126	8.4% 14	16.7% 49	16.7% 58	30.8% 4	13.9% 251
Not at all important	3.2% 31	10.2% 17	1.4% 4	2.6% 9	7.7% 1	3.4% 62
Not too important	9.9% 97	14.4% 24	5.5% 16	10.3% 36	0.0% 0	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	26.0% 256	24.6% 41	27.6% 81	26.4% 92	15.4% 2	26.1% 472
Very important	30.5% 300	28.1% 47	30.7% 90	28.4% 99	15.4% 2	29.8% 538
Extremely important	17.3% 170	12.6% 21	17.7% 52	15.5% 54	30.8% 4	16.7% 301
DK	0.4% 4	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 984	100.0% 167	100.0% 293	100.0% 348	100.0% 13	1805

(I-PARTYA)

	Democrat	Republican	Independent/other	No preference	DK/RF	TOTAL
NA; INAP	15.0% 93	10.9% 49	13.6% 71	17.2% 35	33.3% 3	13.9% 251
Not at all important	4.4% 27	2.9% 13	2.9% 15	3.4% 7	0.0% 0	3.4% 62
Not too important	8.7% 54	10.2% 46	10.1% 53	9.8% 20	0.0% 0	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	25.0% 155	28.2% 127	25.0% 131	28.4% 58	22.2% 2	26.2% 473
Very important	30.9% 191	29.3% 132	29.8% 156	28.9% 59	0.0% 0	29.8% 538
Extremely important	15.7% 97	18.4% 83	17.8% 93	11.8% 24	44.4% 4	16.7% 301
DK	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 451	100.0% 523	100.0% 204	100.0% 9	1806

(I-EDUCSU)

	Less than high school	High school	MTHS/Junior college	Bachelors degree	Advanced degree	TOTAL
NA; INAP	17.2% 31	16.2% 84	13.6% 74	12.1% 45	7.7% 14	13.8% 248
Not at all important	5.0% 9	3.7% 19	2.9% 16	2.1% 8	4.9% 9	3.4% 61
Not too important	12.2% 22	10.0% 52	9.0% 49	9.1% 34	8.7% 16	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	26.7% 48	23.9% 124	25.5% 139	26.5% 99	33.9% 62	26.2% 472
Very important	23.9% 43	28.0% 145	31.6% 172	31.6% 118	32.2% 59	29.8% 537
Extremely important	13.9% 25	18.0% 93	17.2% 94	17.7% 66	12.0% 22	16.7% 300
DK	1.1% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 518	100.0% 545	100.0% 373	100.0% 183	1799

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA; INAP	14.7% 116	13.3% 135	13.9% 251
Not at all important	4.4% 35	2.7% 27	3.4% 62
Not too important	13.0% 103	6.9% 70	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	28.4% 224	24.5% 249	26.2% 473
Very important	27.7% 219	31.4% 319	29.8% 538
Extremely important	11.1% 88	21.0% 213	16.7% 301
DK	0.5% 4	0.3% 3	0.4% 7
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 790	100.0% 1016	1806

Race (I-RACE)

	Black	Asian	Hispanic	White	Other	TOTAL
NA; INAP	22.1% 46	21.9% 7	25.8% 24	11.2% 156	22.1% 17	13.9% 250
Not at all important	3.4% 7	6.3% 2	1.1% 1	3.6% 50	2.6% 2	3.4% 62
Not too important	9.1% 19	12.5% 4	4.3% 4	10.1% 141	6.5% 5	9.6% 173
Somewhat important	22.6% 47	28.1% 9	22.6% 21	27.5% 383	16.9% 13	26.2% 473
Very important	24.0% 50	21.9% 7	25.8% 24	30.8% 429	35.1% 27	29.8% 537
Extremely important	18.8% 39	9.4% 3	20.4% 19	16.2% 225	16.9% 13	16.6% 299
DK	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 32	100.0% 93	100.0% 1392	100.0% 77	1802