Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
RMURDER
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. B. Human life begins at conception, therefore, abortion is murder.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very convincing | 899 | 43.3% | 43.3% | -0.99 |
2) Fairly convincing | 343 | 16.5% | 59.8% | -0.14 |
3) Not very convincing | 425 | 20.5% | 80.3% | 0.70 |
4) Not at all convincing | 410 | 19.7% | 100.0% | 1.55 |
Missing | 97 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2077 |
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 | 43.3%172 | 38.4%276 | 44.1%180 | 46.6%184 | 55.8%82 | 5 | 43.3%894 |
Fairly convincing | 17.6%70 | 19.1%137 | 15.0%61 | 13.7%54 | 13.6%20 | 1 | 16.6%342 |
Not very convincing | 20.2%80 | 21.1%152 | 20.3%83 | 21.3%84 | 16.3%24 | 2 | 20.5%423 |
Not at all convincing | 18.9%75 | 21.4%154 | 20.6%84 | 18.5%73 | 14.3%21 | 3 | 19.7%407 |
Missing | 16 | 29 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 108 | 0 |
Total | 100%397 | 100%719 | 100%408 | 100%395 | 100%147 | 2066 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 25.5%90 | 30.4%199 | 52.0%401 | 73.2%202 | 7 | 43.4%892 |
Fairly convincing | 13.3%47 | 14.1%92 | 20.2%156 | 14.5%40 | 8 | 16.3%335 |
Not very convincing | 24.9%88 | 28.9%189 | 16.5%127 | 5.8%16 | 5 | 20.4%420 |
Not at all convincing | 36.3%128 | 26.6%174 | 11.3%87 | 6.5%18 | 3 | 19.8%407 |
Missing | 18 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 120 | 9 |
Total | 100%353 | 100%654 | 100%771 | 100%276 | 2054 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 60.4%223 | 47.4%323 | 42.2%237 | 24.6%112 | 4 | 43.3%895 |
Fairly convincing | 17.6%65 | 18.3%125 | 14.1%79 | 16.0%73 | 1 | 16.5%342 |
Not very convincing | 13.0%48 | 20.7%141 | 21.9%123 | 24.4%111 | 2 | 20.5%423 |
Not at all convincing | 8.9%33 | 13.6%93 | 21.9%123 | 34.9%159 | 2 | 19.7%408 |
Missing | 23 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 106 | 0 |
Total | 100%369 | 100%682 | 100%562 | 100%455 | 2068 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 36.6%196 | 43.5%242 | 55.3%354 | 30.9%107 | 0 | 43.3%899 |
Fairly convincing | 17.9%96 | 15.8%88 | 17.2%110 | 14.2%49 | 0 | 16.5%343 |
Not very convincing | 23.2%124 | 20.9%116 | 16.3%104 | 23.4%81 | 0 | 20.5%425 |
Not at all convincing | 22.2%119 | 19.8%110 | 11.3%72 | 31.5%109 | 0 | 19.7%410 |
Missing | 25 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 97 | 0 |
Total | 100%535 | 100%556 | 100%640 | 100%346 | 2077 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 38.8%387 | 47.7%497 | 15 | 43.4%884 |
Fairly convincing | 16.5%165 | 16.6%173 | 5 | 16.6%338 |
Not very convincing | 24.0%239 | 16.9%176 | 10 | 20.4%415 |
Not at all convincing | 20.7%206 | 18.8%196 | 8 | 19.7%402 |
Missing | 48 | 45 | 135 | 4 |
Total | 100%997 | 100%1042 | 2039 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very convincing | 44.4%494 | 48.9%310 | 11.3%6 | 58.9%53 | 36 | 45.7%863 |
Fairly convincing | 16.3%181 | 19.7%125 | 5.7%3 | 6.7%6 | 28 | 16.7%315 |
Not very convincing | 20.9%232 | 19.1%121 | 24.5%13 | 15.6%14 | 45 | 20.1%380 |
Not at all convincing | 18.4%205 | 12.3%78 | 58.5%31 | 18.9%17 | 79 | 17.5%331 |
Missing | 52 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 285 | 14 |
Total | 100%1112 | 100%634 | 100%53 | 100%90 | 1889 |