THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Abortion (2), by Law 1980-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Rape, Incest, Danger' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 30 28 27 27 33 32 28 34 33 29 32 ** 31 29 Females 32 31 31 29 33 33 28 29 28 31 30 ** 32 25 Whites 32 30 29 29 34 31 27 33 30 30 31 ** 32 27 Blacks 28 22 30 27 31 35 27 22 25 27 31 ** 32 26 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 40 39 43 32 42 46 38 34 37 41 30 ** 41* 38* High School Diploma 35 35 33 33 35 36 33 36 34 34 33 ** 37 32 Some College, no Degree 28 24 23 27 31 29 25 26 28 30 32 ** 30 21 College Degree/ Post-grad 18 20 19 18 24 20 17 26 23 19 26 ** 23 24 Income 0-16 Percentile 35 35 35 36 37 42 36 36 32 26 33 ** 35 28 Income 17-33 Percentile 40 30 37 26 39 37 31 30 30 35 35 ** 38 28 Income 34-67 Percentile 33 31 30 31 31 30 27 32 32 31 32 ** 30 27 Income 68-95 Percentile 25 29 24 24 29 28 24 29 26 28 27 ** 25 27 Income 96-100 Percentile 17 23 21 9 23* 23 13 19 19 24 25 ** 26 18 Professionals 23 26 20 23 27 27 20 26 25 26 26 ** 25 ** White Collar 32 25 27 24 32 28 23 25 25 31 31 ** 31 ** Blue Collar 35 31 33 32 37 36 32 37 35 38 34 ** 32 ** Unskilled 36* 18* 37* 39 21 30 34 38 45* 15* 36* ** 51* ** Farmers 29* 47* 38 37 47 46 45 29* 21* 39* 42* ** 26* ** Housewives 37 37 37 34 33 38 31 31 41 32 35 ** 39 ** Union Households 33 29 27 24 30 30 27 34 31 26 30 ** 35 33 Non-Union Households 31 30 30 29 33 33 28 30 30 31 31 ** 31 26 South 31 33 34 34 38 40 32 36 32 34 33 ** 34 32 Nonsouth 32 28 28 26 30 29 25 29 29 28 30 ** 30 23 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 24 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** 54* 36 25 26 35 ** 36 26 Born 1959-1974 26 29 29 29 30 32 28 30 28 27 28 ** 26 26 Born 1943-1958 30 27 25 28 30 28 23 28 29 28 26 ** 30 26 Born 1927-1942 29 29 29 24 36 36 32 35 34 34 39 ** 37 59* Born 1911-1926 36 33 35 31 36 36 30 31 34 41 35 ** 32 ** Born 1895-1910 35 36 39 36 42 52 30 39* 42* 71* 66* ** ** ** Born before 1895 50* 14* 50* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 32 30 28 28 31 31 24 26 25 27 27 ** 29 23 Independents 28 29 30 26 33 39 26 27 28 29 28 ** 23 25 Republicans (incl leaners) 33 30 31 30 35 33 33 38 37 34 37 ** 37 33 Liberals 20 21 19 18 21 17 15 16 9 15 18 ** 17 11 Moderates 29 29 27 28 29 30 26 29 28 27 30 ** 29 27 Conservatives 34 34 33 33 37 39 34 38 41 36 39 ** 37 36 * 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.2 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10