Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
RGUILT
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. F. Abortion leaves women with a burden of guilt and emotional scars that are very difficult to heal.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very convincing | 838 | 40.5% | 40.5% | -0.98 |
2) Fairly convincing | 669 | 32.4% | 72.9% | 0.04 |
3) Not very convincing | 362 | 17.5% | 90.4% | 1.06 |
4) Not at all convincing | 198 | 9.6% | 100.0% | 2.08 |
Missing | 107 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2067 |
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 | 40.2%157 | 36.3%261 | 43.1%173 | 44.9%180 | 44.4%64 | 3 | 40.6%835 |
Fairly convincing | 32.0%125 | 33.9%244 | 31.2%125 | 31.2%125 | 31.9%46 | 4 | 32.3%665 |
Not very convincing | 18.4%72 | 19.4%140 | 16.5%66 | 15.7%63 | 14.6%21 | 0 | 17.6%362 |
Not at all convincing | 9.5%37 | 10.4%75 | 9.2%37 | 8.2%33 | 9.0%13 | 3 | 9.5%195 |
Missing | 22 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 117 | 1 |
Total | 100%391 | 100%720 | 100%401 | 100%401 | 100%144 | 2057 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 24.4%86 | 32.7%210 | 44.4%344 | 69.5%191 | 7 | 40.7%831 |
Fairly convincing | 28.4%100 | 32.2%207 | 38.8%300 | 18.9%52 | 10 | 32.2%659 |
Not very convincing | 25.9%91 | 24.0%154 | 12.1%94 | 6.5%18 | 5 | 17.5%357 |
Not at all convincing | 21.3%75 | 11.2%72 | 4.7%36 | 5.1%14 | 1 | 9.6%197 |
Missing | 19 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 130 | 9 |
Total | 100%352 | 100%643 | 100%774 | 100%275 | 2044 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 57.7%211 | 45.5%310 | 36.6%206 | 23.4%105 | 6 | 40.4%832 |
Fairly convincing | 27.0%99 | 32.3%220 | 33.0%186 | 36.4%163 | 1 | 32.5%668 |
Not very convincing | 10.4%38 | 14.2%97 | 19.7%111 | 25.7%115 | 1 | 17.5%361 |
Not at all convincing | 4.9%18 | 7.9%54 | 10.7%60 | 14.5%65 | 1 | 9.6%197 |
Missing | 26 | 31 | 32 | 18 | 116 | 0 |
Total | 100%366 | 100%681 | 100%563 | 100%448 | 2058 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 40.0%215 | 36.5%202 | 50.6%324 | 28.8%97 | 0 | 40.5%838 |
Fairly convincing | 33.3%179 | 32.7%181 | 31.4%201 | 32.0%108 | 0 | 32.4%669 |
Not very convincing | 17.3%93 | 22.1%122 | 12.3%79 | 20.2%68 | 0 | 17.5%362 |
Not at all convincing | 9.3%50 | 8.7%48 | 5.6%36 | 19.0%64 | 0 | 9.6%198 |
Missing | 23 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 107 | 0 |
Total | 100%537 | 100%553 | 100%640 | 100%337 | 2067 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 37.9%374 | 42.8%446 | 18 | 40.4%820 |
Fairly convincing | 33.9%334 | 31.2%325 | 10 | 32.5%659 |
Not very convincing | 19.2%189 | 15.9%166 | 7 | 17.5%355 |
Not at all convincing | 9.0%89 | 10.1%105 | 4 | 9.6%194 |
Missing | 59 | 45 | 146 | 3 |
Total | 100%986 | 100%1042 | 2028 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 42.0%464 | 44.0%279 | 20.0%10 | 43.3%39 | 46 | 42.1%792 |
Fairly convincing | 33.1%366 | 34.5%219 | 24.0%12 | 30.0%27 | 45 | 33.2%624 |
Not very convincing | 16.6%184 | 14.7%93 | 22.0%11 | 18.9%17 | 57 | 16.2%305 |
Not at all convincing | 8.3%92 | 6.8%43 | 34.0%17 | 7.8%7 | 39 | 8.5%159 |
Missing | 58 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 294 | 15 |
Total | 100%1106 | 100%634 | 100%50 | 100%90 | 1880 |