NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2016
Module: Abortion
Variable: GIRL15

Do you personally think that a pregnant woman in Northern Ireland should be allowed to have an abortion if she wants one in the following circumstances?
If she is a 15 year old girl.

	%
Definitely should be allowed to have an abortion	25
Probably should be allowed to have an abortion	28
Probably should not be allowed to have an abortion	15
Definitely should not be allowed to have an abortion	27
Don 't know	4

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

	%
	Male	Female
Definitely should be allowed to have an abortion	26	24
Probably should be allowed to have an abortion	32	25
Probably should not be allowed to have an abortion	15	15
Definitely should not be allowed to have an abortion	22	32
Don 't know	4	4

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	54-64	65+
Definitely should be allowed to have an abortion	27	21	27	26	25	24
Probably should be allowed to have an abortion	30	28	25	31	30	26
Probably should not be allowed to have an abortion	20	17	11	16	14	15
Definitely should not be allowed to have an abortion	20	29	29	24	28	32
Don 't know	3	5	9	3	3	3

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Definitely should be allowed to have an abortion	18	22	43
Probably should be allowed to have an abortion	25	31	30
Probably should not be allowed to have an abortion	18	17	7
Definitely should not be allowed to have an abortion	34	27	17
Don 't know	5	3	3

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