Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABRSP1_B (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) If ABORTN_B = 1-2: And do you think the view that abortion should be against the law is a respectable opinion for someone to hold, or not? (Q243)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	50%	50%
No	42.2%	92.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.8%	100%
Total N = 973

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Marital status Religion Education Sex Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Yes	55.7%	54.6%	54.5%	50.3%	43.1%	40.6%	50.1%
No	39.0%	35.4%	41.6%	42.7%	50.5%	44.5%	42.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.3%	10.0%	3.8%	7.0%	6.4%	14.9%	7.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	961

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Yes	43.9%	46.6%	47.0%	46.7%	55.0%	54.6%	49.1%
No	47.3%	47.0%	36.9%	49.2%	37.1%	42.6%	43.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.8%	6.4%	16.1%	4.1%	7.9%	2.9%	7.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	807

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced or separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Yes	48.3%	56.8%	44.0%	34.0%	58.5%	49.9%
No	43.5%	39.1%	48.9%	50.4%	35.4%	42.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.2%	4.1%	7.1%	15.6%	6.0%	7.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	966

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	TOTAL
Yes	49.9%	55.6%	58.7%	29.8%	49.9%	50.0%
No	39.5%	36.7%	39.8%	60.9%	44.7%	42.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.6%	7.7%	1.5%	9.4%	5.4%	7.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	960

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college, no four-year degree	Four-year college degree	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	TOTAL
Yes	52.2%	45.8%	47.6%	57.4%	51.1%	49.9%
No	29.1%	46.5%	46.5%	38.5%	40.6%	42.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	18.7%	7.7%	5.9%	4.2%	8.3%	7.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	968

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	55.7%	45.3%	49.9%
No	39.5%	44.5%	42.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8%	10.3%	7.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	973

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	TOTAL
Yes	41.1%	56.5%	56.1%	42.8%	29.5%	50.3%
No	31.8%	36.0%	37.7%	49.3%	66.1%	42.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	27.1%	7.4%	6.2%	7.9%	4.3%	7.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	936