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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Morality
Variable: ABORT5

Question: Here are a number of circumstances in which a woman might consider an abortion. Please say whether or not you think the law should allow an abortion in each case.
There is a strong chancce of a 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 %
Yes61
No35
Don't know2
Not answered3

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Yes 60 61
No 34 35
Don't know 2 1
Not answered 4 3

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Yes 59 65 68 57 55 56
No 40 31 28 41 37 33
Don't know 0 1 2 0 2 5
Not answered 1 3 3 2 6 5

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Yes 34 74 81
No 62 20 17
Don't know 2 2 0
Not answered 3 4 2

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