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Support abortion if woman does not want more children - 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 she is married and does not want any more children? (ABNOMORE)
(General Social Survey, 2021)


Support abortion if woman does not want more children by Age

 18-2930-4445-5960-7475 or olderMissingTotal
Yes70.9%
95
58.9%
206
57.0%
180
60.4%
226
52.7%
79
5559.4%
786
No29.1%
39
41.1%
144
43.0%
136
39.6%
148
47.3%
71
4540.6%
538
Missing2726305916492332708233
Total 100%
134
100%
350
100%
316
100%
374
100%
150
   
1324

Support abortion if woman does not want more children 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
Yes76.5%
312
68.0%
240
62.9%
100
45.9%
50
38.1%
48
31.3%
78
1359.0%
828
No23.5%
96
32.0%
113
37.1%
59
54.1%
59
61.9%
78
68.7%
171
741.0%
576
Missing770665244213205461262850
Total 100%
408
100%
353
100%
159
100%
109
100%
126
100%
249
   
1404

Support abortion if woman does not want more children 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
Yes44.0%
22
51.2%
22
50.0%
31
51.1%
24
55.8%
29
61.5%
622
9159.2%
750
No56.0%
28
48.8%
21
50.0%
31
48.9%
23
44.2%
23
38.5%
390
6740.8%
516
Missing9458105939717962766365
Total 100%
50
100%
43
100%
62
100%
47
100%
52
100%
1012
   
1266

Support abortion if woman does not want more children by Political ideology

 Extremely liberal or liberalSlightly liberalModerate, middle of the roadSlightly conservativeExtremely conservative or conservativeMissingTotal
Yes90.0%
279
78.1%
125
57.2%
275
44.1%
75
26.4%
72
1559.3%
826
No10.0%
31
21.9%
35
42.8%
206
55.9%
95
73.6%
201
1540.7%
568
Missing520330896306518263838
Total 100%
310
100%
160
100%
481
100%
170
100%
273
   
1394

Support abortion if woman does not want more children by Religion

 ProtestantCatholicJewish/OtherNoneMissingTotal
Yes47.5%
306
50.7%
142
76.6%
85
81.1%
297
1159.2%
830
No52.5%
338
49.3%
138
23.4%
26
18.9%
69
1240.8%
571
Missing1070544181755263158
Total 100%
644
100%
280
100%
111
100%
366
   
1401

Support abortion if woman does not want more children by Sex

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Yes60.0%
377
58.5%
452
1259.2%
829
No40.0%
251
41.5%
320
1240.8%
571
Missing11081432263268
Total 100%
628
100%
772
   
1400

Related variables

A similar question appeared on Baylor Religion Survey, Wave I (2005)
Q34 How do you feel about abortion in the following circumstances... e. The woman does not want the child (Q34E)


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: B. If she is married and does not want any more children? (ABNOMORE)


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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