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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Morality
Variable: ABORT6

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 woman's health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy.

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 %
Yes76
No19
Don't know2
Not answered3

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Yes 79 73
No 15 22
Don't know 2 2
Not answered 3 4

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Yes 76 87 80 80 64 67
No 22 10 15 17 28 22
Don't know 0 1 2 0 2 6
Not answered 2 2 3 3 6 6

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Yes 59 83 94
No 35 11 5
Don't know 3 2 0
Not answered 3 4 1

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