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abortion.is.okay.if.health.is.at.risk (in Attitudes)

Variable Summary Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Sexually active students: Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Casual-sexually active students: Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Respondents were asked to indicate their attidues to abortion in three scenarios: It is okay for a woman to abort her pregnancy if...? If she became pregnant as a result of rape; If the woman wants it for any reason; If the woman's health is at risk.

The same question also applies to the variables, abortion.is.okay.if.raped, and abortion.is.okay.for.any.reason.

students (a_i_o_i_h_i_a_r)
 All RsFemaleMale
Mean (Std. Dev.) 0.94 (0.24) 0.94 (0.23) 0.93 (0.26)
0 1359 6.14% 857 5.59% 497 7.39%
1 20773 93.86% 14463 94.41% 6225 92.61%
Missing 1999
(8.28%)
1159
(7.03%)
739
(9.90%)
Total 24131 100% 16479 100% 7461 100%

Negative (no/false)        Positive (yes/true)
4633, 2972, 2335, 2145, 339
1817, 1279, 1041, 858, 200
Negative (no/false)        Positive (yes/true)
3142, 1866, 1504, 1384, 208
1316, 778, 646, 542, 120

These graphs reflect only undergraduates attending 4-year colleges who are of normative age -- 18, 19, 20, 21, or 22, +/- 1, for freshman, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and later undergraduates, respectively. Solid lines represent women. Dotted lines represent men.

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