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American National Election Studies, 2004

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PB_ABORT

There has been discussion recently about a law to ban certain types of late-term abortions, sometimes called partial birth abortions. Do you FAVOR or OPPOSE a law that makes these types of abortions illegal?

	1) Favor
	5) Oppose
	8) Don't know
	9) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Favor	705	58.2%	58.2%	-.8
Oppose	421	34.7%	92.9%	.88
Don't know	65	5.4%	98.3%	2.14
Refused	21	1.7%	100%	2.56

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	56.4% 319	59.8% 386	58.2% 705
Oppose	35.2% 199	34.4% 222	34.7% 421
Don't know	7.2% 41	3.7% 24	5.4% 65
Refused	1.2% 7	2.2% 14	1.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 646	1212

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
Favor	61.0% 155	62.6% 199	56.7% 194	52.7% 157	58.2% 705
Oppose	35.0% 89	30.5% 97	38.3% 131	34.9% 104	34.7% 421
Don't know	3.9% 10	4.4% 14	3.2% 11	10.1% 30	5.4% 65
Refused	0.0% 0	2.5% 8	1.8% 6	2.3% 7	1.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 254	100.0% 318	100.0% 342	100.0% 298	1212

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Favor	62.7% 207	69.3% 149	20.0% 6	60.8% 138	62.3% 500
Oppose	31.2% 103	23.7% 51	66.7% 20	31.3% 71	30.5% 245
Don't know	5.2% 17	4.7% 10	13.3% 4	5.7% 13	5.5% 44
Refused	0.9% 3	2.3% 5	0.0% 0	2.2% 5	1.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 215	100.0% 30	100.0% 227	802

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
Favor	54.6% 119	65.6% 206	58.3% 243	52.1% 137	58.2% 705
Oppose	38.1% 83	28.0% 88	32.6% 136	43.3% 114	34.7% 421
Don't know	3.7% 8	5.1% 16	7.2% 30	4.2% 11	5.4% 65
Refused	3.7% 8	1.3% 4	1.9% 8	0.4% 1	1.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 314	100.0% 417	100.0% 263	1212