American National Election Studies, Time Series Study, 2008

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V085095 IF FIRST ABORTION SCENARIO/NOT FIRST ABORTION SCENARIO: [First,/Next,] do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose abortion being legal if: the pregnancy was caused by the woman being raped?   -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	10	.4%	.4%	-3.78
No Post-election IW	221	9.5%	9.9%	-.99
INAP, R selected for VERSION OLD	1043	44.9%	54.8%	-.6
Favor	686	29.5%	84.4%	.2
Oppose	250	10.8%	95.1%	1.79
Neither favor nor oppose	113	4.9%	100%	2.59

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Region Political ideology Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 5	0.4% 5	0.4% 10
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	30.8% 308	28.5% 378	29.5% 686
Oppose	9.5% 95	11.7% 155	10.8% 250
Neither favor nor oppose	5.1% 51	4.7% 62	4.9% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 999	100.0% 1324	2323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Other race	Mixed race	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 8	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
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	32.4% 467	23.8% 139	23.3% 61	66.7% 16	29.6% 683
Oppose	10.1% 146	12.9% 75	10.7% 28	0.0% 0	10.8% 249
Neither favor nor oppose	4.0% 58	4.8% 28	9.9% 26	0.0% 0	4.8% 112
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	0.4% 3	1.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
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	27.9% 119	31.6% 197	30.4% 211	28.3% 109	25.4% 44	29.6% 680
Oppose	11.2% 48	8.8% 55	11.0% 76	12.7% 49	11.6% 20	10.8% 248
Neither favor nor oppose	5.6% 24	4.5% 28	4.8% 33	5.5% 21	4.0% 7	4.9% 113
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	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 6	0.2% 1	0.4% 10
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	32.7% 83	28.5% 113	25.4% 279	36.8% 211	29.5% 686
Oppose	4.3% 11	10.3% 41	14.2% 156	7.3% 42	10.8% 250
Neither favor nor oppose	5.9% 15	4.3% 17	5.3% 58	4.0% 23	4.9% 113
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	0.2% 1	0.9% 4	0.4% 2	0.5% 3	0.5% 10
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	29.7% 149	41.6% 190	34.6% 172	27.5% 174	32.8% 685
Oppose	13.9% 70	5.0% 23	8.0% 40	17.9% 113	11.8% 246
Neither favor nor oppose	7.6% 38	3.7% 17	4.0% 20	5.8% 37	5.4% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 502	100.0% 457	100.0% 497	100.0% 633	2089

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Important	Not important	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 8	0.4% 2	0.4% 10
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	26.7% 466	38.2% 216	29.5% 682
Oppose	13.2% 231	3.2% 18	10.8% 249
Neither favor nor oppose	5.2% 90	3.9% 22	4.9% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 1744	100.0% 565	2309