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American National Election Studies, 2004

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PBABORT2

Referring to the PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION issue in previous question: Do you STRONGLY or NOT STRONGLY [favor/oppose] a law that makes these types of abortions illegal?

	1) Favor strongly
	2) Favor not strongly
	4) Oppose not strongly
	5) Oppose strongly
	8) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Favor strongly	622	55.2%	55.2%	-.82
Favor not strongly	83	7.4%	62.6%	-.25
Oppose not strongly	141	12.5%	75.1%	.88
Oppose strongly	279	24.8%	99.9%	1.45
Don't know	1	.1%	100%	3.14

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor strongly	53.3% 276	56.9% 346	55.2% 622
Favor not strongly	8.3% 43	6.6% 40	7.4% 83
Oppose not strongly	13.7% 71	11.5% 70	12.5% 141
Oppose strongly	24.7% 128	24.8% 151	24.8% 279
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 518	100.0% 608	1126

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
Favor strongly	57.0% 139	60.8% 180	52.3% 170	51.0% 133	55.2% 622
Favor not strongly	6.6% 16	6.4% 19	7.4% 24	9.2% 24	7.4% 83
Oppose not strongly	12.7% 31	13.2% 39	12.6% 41	11.5% 30	12.5% 141
Oppose strongly	23.8% 58	19.6% 58	27.7% 90	28.0% 73	24.8% 279
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 296	100.0% 325	100.0% 261	1126

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Favor strongly	60.0% 186	68.5% 137	19.2% 5	57.4% 120	60.1% 448
Favor not strongly	6.8% 21	6.0% 12	3.8% 1	8.6% 18	7.0% 52
Oppose not strongly	12.6% 39	6.0% 12	15.4% 4	10.0% 21	10.2% 76
Oppose strongly	20.6% 64	19.5% 39	61.5% 16	23.9% 50	22.7% 169
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 310	100.0% 200	100.0% 26	100.0% 209	745

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
Favor strongly	51.5% 104	61.2% 180	57.3% 217	48.2% 121	55.2% 622
Favor not strongly	7.4% 15	8.8% 26	6.9% 26	6.4% 16	7.4% 83
Oppose not strongly	11.9% 24	10.9% 32	10.6% 40	17.9% 45	12.5% 141
Oppose strongly	29.2% 59	19.0% 56	25.3% 96	27.1% 68	24.8% 279
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 294	100.0% 379	100.0% 251	1126