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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: ABORWRGB

Question: Do you personally think it is wrong or not wrong for a woman to have an abortion if the family has a very low income and cannot afford any more children?

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 wrong44
Almost always wrong14
Wrong only sometimes13
Not wrong at all18
Can't choose8
Not answered3

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Always wrong 43 44
Almost always wrong 14 15
Wrong only sometimes 9 15
Not wrong at all 23 15
Can't choose 8 9
Not answered 3 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Always wrong 42 39 47 48 40 45
Almost always wrong 20 19 10 9 19 12
Wrong only sometimes 15 12 12 15 13 8
Not wrong at all 19 15 21 21 15 18
Can't choose 4 12 9 3 10 13
Not answered 0 3 1 5 3 3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Always wrong 59 36 30
Almost always wrong 10 17 12
Wrong only sometimes 9 13 23
Not wrong at all 12 21 28
Can't choose 8 9 3
Not answered 2 3 4

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