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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990
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 %
Yes59
No35
Can't choose1
Not answered5

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Yes 60 59
No 34 36
Can't choose 1 1
Not answered 6 4

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Yes 51 63 58 61 63 58
No 45 33 39 33 30 32
Can't choose 0 1 2 1 1 1
Not answered 4 2 2 5 6 9

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Yes 28 75 78
No 67 19 16
Can't choose 1 1 1
Not answered 4 4 6

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