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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Morality
Variable: ABORT2

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.
The couple agree they do not wish to have the child.

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 %
Yes30
No65
Don't know1
Not answered4

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Yes 36 25
No 60 70
Don't know 1 1
Not answered 4 4

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Yes 31 41 29 32 25 21
No 67 57 68 67 66 70
Don't know 0 0 0 0 2 2
Not answered 2 3 3 2 8 7

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Yes 18 33 49
No 79 61 50
Don't know 1 1 0
Not answered 3 5 2

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