American National Election Studies, Time Series Study, 2008

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V085097 IF FIRST ABORTION SCENARIO/NOT FIRST ABORTION SCENARIO: [First,/Next,] do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose abortion being legal if: having the child would be extremely difficult for the woman financially?   -9) Refused   -2) No Post-election IW   -1) INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD   1) Favor   5) Oppose   7) Neither favor nor oppose

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Refused	12	.5%	.5%	-3.31
No Post-election IW	221	9.5%	10%	-1.04
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	1043	44.9%	54.9%	-.72
Favor	267	11.5%	66.4%	-.07
Oppose	659	28.4%	94.8%	1.23
Neither favor nor oppose	121	5.2%	100%	1.87

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Region Political ideology Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 6	0.5% 6	0.5% 12
No Post-election IW	9.7% 97	9.4% 124	9.5% 221
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	44.3% 443	45.3% 600	44.9% 1043
Favor	11.6% 116	11.4% 151	11.5% 267
Oppose	28.1% 281	28.5% 378	28.4% 659
Neither favor nor oppose	5.6% 56	4.9% 65	5.2% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 999	100.0% 1324	2323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Other race	Mixed race	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 9	0.3% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 12
No Post-election IW	8.9% 129	9.9% 58	11.8% 31	0.0% 0	9.4% 218
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	44.0% 634	48.2% 281	44.3% 116	33.3% 8	45.0% 1039
Favor	13.0% 188	9.8% 57	5.3% 14	29.2% 7	11.5% 266
Oppose	29.3% 422	25.6% 149	29.8% 78	29.2% 7	28.4% 656
Neither favor nor oppose	4.2% 60	6.2% 36	8.4% 22	8.3% 2	5.2% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 1442	100.0% 583	100.0% 262	100.0% 24	2311

Age (I-AGE)

	17 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.3% 2	1.6% 6	1.2% 2	0.5% 12
No Post-election IW	9.8% 42	9.8% 61	8.2% 57	7.8% 30	16.2% 28	9.5% 218
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	45.4% 194	44.9% 280	45.2% 313	44.4% 171	42.8% 74	44.9% 1032
Favor	10.5% 45	12.4% 77	13.4% 93	8.6% 33	8.7% 15	11.4% 263
Oppose	29.0% 124	27.6% 172	27.3% 189	31.9% 123	27.2% 47	28.5% 655
Neither favor nor oppose	5.2% 22	5.0% 31	5.6% 39	5.7% 22	4.0% 7	5.3% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 623	100.0% 693	100.0% 385	100.0% 173	2301

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 7	0.2% 1	0.5% 12
No Post-election IW	11.4% 29	9.8% 39	9.0% 99	9.4% 54	9.5% 221
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	44.5% 113	47.1% 187	45.6% 501	42.2% 242	44.9% 1043
Favor	18.5% 47	9.6% 38	9.2% 101	14.1% 81	11.5% 267
Oppose	18.1% 46	30.5% 121	30.2% 332	27.9% 160	28.4% 659
Neither favor nor oppose	5.9% 15	3.0% 12	5.4% 59	6.1% 35	5.2% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 254	100.0% 397	100.0% 1099	100.0% 573	2323

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Haven't thought much	Liberal	Moderate; middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Refused	0.4% 2	0.9% 4	0.4% 2	0.6% 4	0.6% 12
No Post-election IW	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	48.6% 244	48.8% 223	52.9% 263	48.3% 306	49.6% 1036
Favor	10.2% 51	24.1% 110	12.9% 64	6.6% 42	12.8% 267
Oppose	31.9% 160	21.0% 96	29.2% 145	40.1% 254	31.4% 655
Neither favor nor oppose	9.0% 45	5.3% 24	4.6% 23	4.3% 27	5.7% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 502	100.0% 457	100.0% 497	100.0% 633	2089

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Important	Not important	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 9	0.5% 3	0.5% 12
No Post-election IW	8.9% 155	11.3% 64	9.5% 219
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	45.5% 794	43.0% 243	44.9% 1037
Favor	9.2% 160	18.4% 104	11.4% 264
Oppose	30.8% 537	21.2% 120	28.5% 657
Neither favor nor oppose	5.1% 89	5.5% 31	5.2% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 1744	100.0% 565	2309