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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
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 wrong25
Almost always wrong10
Wrong only sometimes16
Not wrong at all41
Can't choose7
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Always wrong 23 27
Almost always wrong 10 10
Wrong only sometimes 15 17
Not wrong at all 43 40
Can't choose 8 6
Not answered 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Always wrong 22 17 27 32 25 30
Almost always wrong 19 14 7 5 3 14
Wrong only sometimes 13 23 16 15 15 13
Not wrong at all 41 37 44 44 48 32
Can't choose 5 10 7 3 8 10
Not answered 0 1 0 3 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Always wrong 43 16 14
Almost always wrong 13 9 10
Wrong only sometimes 15 16 16
Not wrong at all 21 51 55
Can't choose 7 7 2
Not answered 0 1 3

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