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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Morality
Variable: BABYLAW4

Question: Suppose a married couple want to have their own child, but cannot have one. Should the law allow or not allow them to use each of the methods below? Please assume in each case that it is the only method open to them on medical advice.
They find a 'surrogate' mother who agrees, without payment, to bear a child for them (by artifical insemination, using the husband as donor).

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 %
It should be allowed by law26
It should not be allowed by law68
Don't know3
Not answered4

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
It should be allowed by law 28 23
It should not be allowed by law 64 71
Don't know 4 2
Not answered 4 5

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
It should be allowed by law 39 31 29 23 15 15
It should not be allowed by law 55 67 67 71 79 68
Don't know 3 1 0 2 3 8
Not answered 3 2 4 4 4 10

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
It should be allowed by law 22 26 37
It should not be allowed by law 69 67 61
Don't know 4 2 1
Not answered 6 5 1

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