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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: ABORLAWA

Question: Do you think the law should or should not allow a woman to obtain a legal 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 %
Definitely should allow it45
Probably should allow it26
Probably should not allow it6
Definitely should not allow it17
Can't choose6
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Definitely should allow it 46 45
Probably should allow it 25 26
Probably should not allow it 5 6
Definitely should not allow it 16 17
Can't choose 7 6
Not answered 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Definitely should allow it 41 46 54 48 46 36
Probably should allow it 32 27 19 23 30 25
Probably should not allow it 5 8 5 5 4 8
Definitely should not allow it 16 10 17 20 13 22
Can't choose 6 8 6 3 8 9
Not answered 0 1 0 2 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Definitely should allow it 29 53 65
Probably should allow it 21 29 22
Probably should not allow it 8 4 4
Definitely should not allow it 32 8 6
Can't choose 10 5 2
Not answered 0 1 2

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