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Support abortion to protect woman - Belief Statistics Topic

(Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if...) If the woman's own health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy? (ABHLTH)
(General Social Survey, 2021)


Support abortion to protect woman by Age

 18-2930-4445-5960-7475 or olderMissingTotal
Yes90.2%
120
92.0%
323
90.9%
290
89.4%
339
88.6%
132
8690.5%
1204
No9.8%
13
8.0%
28
9.1%
29
10.6%
40
11.4%
17
149.5%
127
Missing2736295886442342701233
Total 100%
133
100%
351
100%
319
100%
379
100%
149
   
1331

Support abortion to protect woman by Worship attendance

 NeverAbout once a year or lessSeveral times a yearOne to three times a monthNearly every weekEvery week or several times a weekMissingTotal
Yes97.3%
399
96.1%
345
88.9%
144
90.9%
100
80.9%
106
75.4%
181
1590.3%
1275
No2.7%
11
3.9%
14
11.1%
18
9.1%
10
19.1%
25
24.6%
59
49.7%
137
Missing768659241212200470262051
Total 100%
410
100%
359
100%
162
100%
110
100%
131
100%
240
   
1412

Support abortion to protect woman by Household income

 Under $5,000$5,000 to $9,999$10,000 to $14,999$15,000 to $19,999$20,000 to $24,999$25,000 or moreMissingTotal
Yes78.0%
39
79.1%
34
91.9%
57
86.0%
43
88.5%
46
92.2%
936
13590.8%
1155
No22.0%
11
20.9%
9
8.1%
5
14.0%
7
11.5%
6
7.8%
79
249.2%
117
Missing9458105909717932760364
Total 100%
50
100%
43
100%
62
100%
50
100%
52
100%
1015
   
1272

Support abortion to protect woman by Political ideology

 Extremely liberal or liberalSlightly liberalModerate, middle of the roadSlightly conservativeExtremely conservative or conservativeMissingTotal
Yes98.1%
305
96.3%
156
91.6%
450
91.7%
154
74.4%
201
2490.3%
1266
No1.9%
6
3.7%
6
8.4%
41
8.3%
14
25.6%
69
59.7%
136
Missing519328886308521263039
Total 100%
311
100%
162
100%
491
100%
168
100%
270
   
1402

Support abortion to protect woman by Religion

 ProtestantCatholicJewish/OtherNoneMissingTotal
Yes86.0%
552
88.5%
253
96.4%
108
97.5%
357
2090.3%
1270
No14.0%
90
11.5%
33
3.6%
4
2.5%
9
59.7%
136
Missing1072538180755262656
Total 100%
642
100%
286
100%
112
100%
366
   
1406

Support abortion to protect woman by Sex

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Yes90.6%
569
90.1%
701
2090.3%
1270
No9.4%
59
9.9%
77
59.7%
136
Missing11081426262667
Total 100%
628
100%
778
   
1406

Related variables

A similar question appeared on Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)
Q34 How do you feel about abortion in the following circumstances... b. The woman's health is in danger (Q34B)


A similar question appeared on General Social Survey 2014 Cross-Section and Panel Combined, (Inapplicable Responses Coded as Missing)
Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion: C. If the woman's own health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy? (ABHLTH)


Notes

The General Social Surveys (GSS) have been conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) annually since 1972, except for the years 1979, 1981, and 1992 (a supplement was added in 1992), and biennially beginning in 1994. The GSS are designed to be part of a program of social indicator research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. This data file has all cases and variables asked on the 2021 GSS.

The 2021 cross-sectional General Social Survey has been updated to Release Version 3 as of July 2023. This Release includes the addition of respondent spouse/partner religious identities, socioeconomic statuses, and work information (including Occupation and Industry coding), and additional information about respondents' religious background.

To download syntax files for the GSS that reproduce well-known religious group recodes, including RELTRAD, please visit the ARDA's Syntax Repository.

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