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  Religious Observance, British Social Attitudes, ISSP - 1998

Year: 1998

Module: Religious Observance
Variable: ABORWRGA


Question:
Do you personally think it is wrong or not wrong for a woman to have an abortion if there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby?


Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Always wrong8
Almost always wrong5
Wrong only sometimes23
Not wrong at all57
Can't choose6
Not answered2


Results for men and women
%
  MaleFemale
Always wrong 7 9
Almost always wrong 6 4
Wrong only sometimes 25 21
Not wrong at all 56 58
Can't choose 6 6
Not answered 1 3


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Always wrong 12 5 5 7 13 9
Almost always wrong 6 3 4 5 5 6
Wrong only sometimes 22 24 27 18 17 25
Not wrong at all 43 63 57 66 59 50
Can't choose 9 4 6 5 5 7
Not answered 8 1 2 0 1 3


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
  CatholicProtestantNo religion
Always wrong 23 8 4
Almost always wrong 11 5 3
Wrong only sometimes 25 23 21
Not wrong at all 27 57 65
Can't choose 13 5 4
Not answered 1 3 2


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