Survey On the Beliefs and Moral Values of America's Children, 1989

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J5ABORT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell us if you agree or disagree with the following statement - Abortion is all right, if having a baby will change your life plans in a way you will find hard to live with. (Not asked of elementary school students.)   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree	1134	33.0%	33.0%
Disagree	1911	55.6%	88.6%
Don't know	395	11.5%	100.1%
Missing	2978

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Religion Year in college Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	34.3% 534	31.8% 593	32.9% 1127
Disagree	53.0% 824	57.7% 1077	55.6% 1901
Don't know	12.7% 198	10.5% 195	11.5% 393
TOTAL	100.0% 1556	100.0% 1865	3421

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Agree	33.7% 806	30.6% 116	31.5% 170	41.9% 26	33.1% 1118
Disagree	55.1% 1318	58.6% 222	55.5% 299	40.3% 25	55.3% 1864
Don't know	11.2% 269	10.8% 41	13.0% 70	17.7% 11	11.6% 391
TOTAL	100.0% 2393	100.0% 379	100.0% 539	100.0% 62	3373

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Agree	31.0% 497	31.2% 348	64.3% 36	43.2% 184	30.4% 63	33.1% 1128
Disagree	59.3% 950	56.0% 626	16.1% 9	49.5% 211	45.9% 95	55.5% 1891
Don't know	9.7% 156	12.8% 143	19.6% 11	7.3% 31	23.7% 49	11.4% 390
TOTAL	100.0% 1603	100.0% 1117	100.0% 56	100.0% 426	100.0% 207	3409

Year in college (I-CLASSYR)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Agree	0.0% 0	29.7% 518	36.3% 616	33.0% 1134
Disagree	0.0% 0	59.2% 1032	51.8% 879	55.6% 1911
Don't know	0.0% 0	11.1% 194	11.9% 201	11.5% 395
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1744	100.0% 1696	3440

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Agree	30.5% 150	31.7% 506	34.7% 337	31.8% 54	41.4% 87	33.0% 1134
Disagree	55.8% 274	58.3% 931	56.2% 546	58.8% 100	28.6% 60	55.6% 1911
Don't know	13.6% 67	10.1% 161	9.1% 88	9.4% 16	30.0% 63	11.5% 395
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 1598	100.0% 971	100.0% 170	100.0% 210	3440