Year: 2016
Module: Abortion
Variable: NTWNTCHL

Thinking about the laws on abortion in Northern Ireland. Do you think that an abortion should be legal or illegal in the following circumstances
A woman wants an abortion because she has become pregnant and does not want to have children.

 
%
Definitely should be legal17
Probably should be legal17
Probably should be illegal17
Definitely should be illegal43
Don 't know6



 

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

 
%
 MaleFemale
Definitely should be legal 16 17
Probably should be legal 18 16
Probably should be illegal 18 16
Definitely should be illegal 39 46
Don 't know 8 5



 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5454-6465+
Definitely should be legal 17 10 22 21 20 13
Probably should be legal 19 17 21 19 19 11
Probably should be illegal 19 25 16 10 13 18
Definitely should be illegal 41 44 35 41 40 52
Don 't know 4 4 6 9 7 7



 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Definitely should be legal 14 14 28
Probably should be legal 16 18 19
Probably should be illegal 15 17 22
Definitely should be illegal 50 45 24
Don 't know 5 6 8



 


 

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