THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Abortion (2), by Law 1980-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Never Permitted' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 10 12 11 13 10 12 9 11 12 9 10 ** 14 13 Females 12 14 14 13 14 12 11 16 14 15 14 ** 14 16 Whites 9 11 12 11 10 10 8 11 12 11 11 ** 13 14 Blacks 22 24 18 23 19 22 17 23 19 18 25 ** 18 14 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 23 28 25 32 21 21 25 29 31 26 31 ** 31* 45* High School Diploma 12 16 14 14 15 14 12 16 17 14 16 ** 16 19 Some College, no Degree 7 9 9 9 7 8 7 9 10 9 11 ** 12 12 College Degree/ Post-grad 5 3 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 9 5 ** 10 8 Income 0-16 Percentile 21 19 23 22 18 19 17 18 19 21 25 ** 26 20 Income 17-33 Percentile 12 18 14 18 16 12 12 16 14 15 13 ** 11 16 Income 34-67 Percentile 11 12 11 11 13 11 10 14 15 12 12 ** 15 13 Income 68-95 Percentile 7 8 9 9 7 9 6 8 9 9 6 ** 11 11 Income 96-100 Percentile 4 7 5 3 6* 1 3 2 6 6 9 ** 4 15 Professionals 7 7 7 10 8 6 7 8 6 9 8 ** 10 ** White Collar 8 13 10 9 11 11 7 9 10 12 9 ** 13 ** Blue Collar 14 15 15 16 15 15 13 15 17 13 15 ** 17 ** Unskilled 18* 23* 16* 14 15 16 14 26 23* 19* 16* ** 10* ** Farmers 19* 7* 22 23 14 18 14 21* 29* 0* 14* ** 47* ** Housewives 15 17 18 15 19 11 14 27 18 16 19 ** 23 ** Union Households 10 12 10 11 10 8 6 12 11 6 12 ** 10 13 Non-Union Households 11 13 14 14 13 13 11 13 13 14 13 ** 15 15 South 13 16 17 17 17 17 14 17 16 16 16 ** 21 15 Nonsouth 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 11 11 11 11 ** 11 14 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 13 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* 17 20 17 13 ** 11 11 Born 1959-1974 6 11 11 14 13 11 8 11 12 14 11 ** 13 16 Born 1943-1958 9 11 11 10 13 11 10 13 11 10 10 ** 17 24 Born 1927-1942 10 9 12 14 10 14 12 14 15 10 17 ** 13 13* Born 1911-1926 15 16 15 15 14 11 12 17 16 15 17 ** 21 ** Born 1895-1910 16 23 21 24 14 25 24 9* 13* 22* 22* ** ** ** Born before 1895 20* 43* 25* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 12 14 11 14 13 11 10 14 12 10 11 ** 11 10 Independents 13 13 18 18 11 16 10 15 19 16 16 ** 16 24 Republicans (incl leaners) 9 10 13 10 12 11 12 12 13 16 13 ** 17 18 Liberals 4 4 5 9 9 6 4 3 7 4 7 ** 7 5 Moderates 9 7 8 10 7 9 7 6 12 6 3 ** 9 11 Conservatives 11 13 14 13 14 13 14 16 14 18 13 ** 19 18 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group 2008 NOTE: open-ended coding of occupation is not yet complete. .................... Table 4C.2b.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10