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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Public_Spending
Variable: SMUMBABY

Question: What if a 30-year old single woman who does not have a permanent relationship decides to have a child. What would your general opinion be?

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 would always be morally wrong41
It would sometimes be wrong14
It would rarely be wrong3
Their decision would have nothing at all to do with morals29
Can't choose12
Not answered0

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
It would always be morally wrong 40 42
It would sometimes be wrong 13 16
It would rarely be wrong 4 3
Their decision would have nothing at all to do with morals 29 29
Can't choose 14 10
Not answered 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
It would always be morally wrong 25 20 39 44 55 71
It would sometimes be wrong 14 18 17 13 17 7
It would rarely be wrong 3 5 3 6 1 1
Their decision would have nothing at all to do with morals 40 45 32 27 17 6
Can't choose 18 12 9 11 11 13
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
It would always be morally wrong 40 45 24
It would sometimes be wrong 15 14 13
It would rarely be wrong 2 4 5
Their decision would have nothing at all to do with morals 30 27 36
Can't choose 12 10 22
Not answered 0 0 0

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