Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
RLESPAIN
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. G. Adoption would be a less emotionally painful option for most women than abortion.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very convincing | 674 | 32.8% | 32.8% | -1.13 |
2) Fairly convincing | 659 | 32.1% | 64.9% | -0.15 |
3) Not very convincing | 456 | 22.2% | 87.1% | 0.83 |
4) Not at all convincing | 264 | 12.9% | 100.0% | 1.81 |
Missing | 121 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2053 |
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 | 31.7%124 | 30.5%216 | 33.1%133 | 35.4%140 | 40.7%59 | 2 | 32.9%672 |
Fairly convincing | 30.9%121 | 31.5%223 | 31.1%125 | 34.1%135 | 35.2%51 | 4 | 32.1%655 |
Not very convincing | 22.8%89 | 23.4%166 | 23.9%96 | 21.0%83 | 13.1%19 | 3 | 22.2%453 |
Not at all convincing | 14.6%57 | 14.5%103 | 11.9%48 | 9.6%38 | 11.0%16 | 2 | 12.8%262 |
Missing | 22 | 40 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 132 | 0 |
Total | 100%391 | 100%708 | 100%402 | 100%396 | 100%145 | 2042 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 25.3%88 | 23.0%148 | 38.1%292 | 49.8%136 | 10 | 32.7%664 |
Fairly convincing | 25.6%89 | 34.5%222 | 35.2%270 | 26.0%71 | 7 | 32.1%652 |
Not very convincing | 27.9%97 | 27.8%179 | 18.8%144 | 11.7%32 | 4 | 22.3%452 |
Not at all convincing | 21.3%74 | 14.6%94 | 7.8%60 | 12.5%34 | 2 | 12.9%262 |
Missing | 23 | 33 | 42 | 14 | 144 | 9 |
Total | 100%348 | 100%643 | 100%766 | 100%273 | 2030 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 47.8%172 | 36.8%249 | 27.7%156 | 21.4%95 | 2 | 32.9%672 |
Fairly convincing | 30.8%111 | 33.8%229 | 33.2%187 | 28.7%127 | 5 | 32.0%654 |
Not very convincing | 12.2%44 | 20.5%139 | 23.8%134 | 31.2%138 | 1 | 22.3%455 |
Not at all convincing | 9.2%33 | 8.9%60 | 15.4%87 | 18.7%83 | 1 | 12.9%263 |
Missing | 32 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 130 | 0 |
Total | 100%360 | 100%677 | 100%564 | 100%443 | 2044 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 27.3%145 | 31.1%172 | 41.8%261 | 27.9%96 | 0 | 32.8%674 |
Fairly convincing | 33.7%179 | 34.2%189 | 31.0%194 | 28.2%97 | 0 | 32.1%659 |
Not very convincing | 24.9%132 | 23.0%127 | 17.9%112 | 24.7%85 | 0 | 22.2%456 |
Not at all convincing | 14.1%75 | 11.8%65 | 9.3%58 | 19.2%66 | 0 | 12.9%264 |
Missing | 29 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 121 | 0 |
Total | 100%531 | 100%553 | 100%625 | 100%344 | 2053 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 29.9%293 | 35.4%366 | 15 | 32.7%659 |
Fairly convincing | 36.7%360 | 27.9%289 | 10 | 32.2%649 |
Not very convincing | 24.3%238 | 20.3%210 | 8 | 22.2%448 |
Not at all convincing | 9.1%89 | 16.3%169 | 6 | 12.8%258 |
Missing | 65 | 53 | 160 | 3 |
Total | 100%980 | 100%1034 | 2014 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 34.2%375 | 34.4%217 | 12.0%6 | 43.2%38 | 38 | 34.1%636 |
Fairly convincing | 32.8%360 | 35.2%222 | 20.0%10 | 28.4%25 | 42 | 33.1%617 |
Not very convincing | 21.2%233 | 20.0%126 | 36.0%18 | 20.5%18 | 61 | 21.2%395 |
Not at all convincing | 11.8%129 | 10.5%66 | 32.0%16 | 8.0%7 | 46 | 11.7%218 |
Missing | 67 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 308 | 15 |
Total | 100%1097 | 100%631 | 100%50 | 100%88 | 1866 |