Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
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I am going to read you several reasons that people have given for limiting legal access to abortion. For each of these reasons I want you to tell me whether it is very convincing, fairly convincing, not very convincing, or not at all convincing, as a reason for limiting access to abortion. J. It is wrong to use abortion as a form of birth control or sex selection.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very convincing | 1378 | 65.2% | 65.2% | -0.63 |
2) Fairly convincing | 406 | 19.2% | 84.3% | 0.46 |
3) Not very convincing | 178 | 8.4% | 92.8% | 1.55 |
4) Not at all convincing | 153 | 7.2% | 100.0% | 2.63 |
Missing | 59 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2115 |
Age (I-AGE)
18-29 years old | 30-44 years old | 45-59 years old | 60-74 years old | 75 years and older | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 68.1%273 | 65.7%481 | 65.1%269 | 61.9%255 | 64.9%96 | 4 | 65.2%1374 |
Fairly convincing | 19.0%76 | 19.5%143 | 18.6%77 | 19.4%80 | 18.2%27 | 3 | 19.1%403 |
Not very convincing | 7.7%31 | 7.9%58 | 8.5%35 | 9.7%40 | 9.5%14 | 0 | 8.5%178 |
Not at all convincing | 5.2%21 | 6.8%50 | 7.7%32 | 9.0%37 | 7.4%11 | 2 | 7.2%151 |
Missing | 12 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 2 |
Total | 100%401 | 100%732 | 100%413 | 100%412 | 100%148 | 2106 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 53.1%190 | 60.4%402 | 70.3%554 | 77.3%215 | 17 | 65.1%1361 |
Fairly convincing | 24.0%86 | 22.8%152 | 17.6%139 | 9.0%25 | 4 | 19.2%402 |
Not very convincing | 11.5%41 | 10.4%69 | 6.2%49 | 6.1%17 | 2 | 8.4%176 |
Not at all convincing | 11.5%41 | 6.5%43 | 5.8%46 | 7.6%21 | 2 | 7.2%151 |
Missing | 13 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 84 | 7 |
Total | 100%358 | 100%666 | 100%788 | 100%278 | 2090 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 70.2%262 | 69.3%482 | 64.8%374 | 55.0%253 | 7 | 65.1%1371 |
Fairly convincing | 15.5%58 | 16.1%112 | 19.6%113 | 26.7%123 | 0 | 19.3%406 |
Not very convincing | 7.8%29 | 8.3%58 | 8.5%49 | 8.9%41 | 1 | 8.4%177 |
Not at all convincing | 6.4%24 | 6.3%44 | 7.1%41 | 9.3%43 | 1 | 7.2%152 |
Missing | 19 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 68 | 0 |
Total | 100%373 | 100%696 | 100%577 | 100%460 | 2106 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 65.8%361 | 62.3%351 | 68.4%446 | 62.7%220 | 0 | 65.2%1378 |
Fairly convincing | 18.6%102 | 20.4%115 | 18.4%120 | 19.7%69 | 0 | 19.2%406 |
Not very convincing | 7.8%43 | 9.6%54 | 7.8%51 | 8.5%30 | 0 | 8.4%178 |
Not at all convincing | 7.8%43 | 7.6%43 | 5.4%35 | 9.1%32 | 0 | 7.2%153 |
Missing | 11 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 59 | 0 |
Total | 100%549 | 100%563 | 100%652 | 100%351 | 2115 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 62.6%639 | 68.0%716 | 23 | 65.3%1355 |
Fairly convincing | 21.1%215 | 17.5%184 | 7 | 19.2%399 |
Not very convincing | 8.5%87 | 8.4%88 | 3 | 8.4%175 |
Not at all convincing | 7.8%80 | 6.2%65 | 8 | 7.0%145 |
Missing | 24 | 34 | 100 | 1 |
Total | 100%1021 | 100%1053 | 2074 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 65.5%742 | 71.0%461 | 45.3%24 | 72.2%65 | 86 | 67.2%1292 |
Fairly convincing | 19.5%221 | 16.2%105 | 20.8%11 | 14.4%13 | 56 | 18.2%350 |
Not very convincing | 8.0%90 | 7.4%48 | 11.3%6 | 7.8%7 | 27 | 7.8%151 |
Not at all convincing | 7.0%79 | 5.4%35 | 22.6%12 | 5.6%5 | 22 | 6.8%131 |
Missing | 32 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 11 |
Total | 100%1132 | 100%649 | 100%53 | 100%90 | 1924 |