THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Abortion (2), by Law 1980-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Clear Need' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 21 20 21 20 20 14 15 15 18 17 16 ** 19 22 Females 17 18 18 16 17 14 13 13 14 16 15 ** 16 14 Whites 19 20 21 19 19 16 15 14 16 18 16 ** 17 19 Blacks 16 16 13 12 15 8 8 14 15 12 10 ** 17 14 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 10 11 10 11 13 8 8 10 14 11 10 ** 13* 4* High School Diploma 18 18 20 18 16 13 13 15 15 14 16 ** 15 17 Some College, no Degree 21 21 23 18 18 16 16 14 15 20 16 ** 23 18 College Degree/ Post-grad 23 23 19 21 26 19 16 14 19 18 15 ** 17 20 Income 0-16 Percentile 15 15 15 11 15 13 11 13 19 17 14 ** 18 13 Income 17-33 Percentile 15 22 16 21 13 12 14 15 16 12 16 ** 17 18 Income 34-67 Percentile 17 17 21 17 17 17 15 13 12 16 16 ** 19 17 Income 68-95 Percentile 24 23 23 22 22 14 16 14 17 19 15 ** 15 20 Income 96-100 Percentile 27 22 19 26 23* 22 12 18 21 22 15 ** 24 34 Professionals 23 21 23 19 21 17 16 14 18 18 17 ** 20 ** White Collar 19 19 21 19 19 14 14 18 16 15 14 ** 18 ** Blue Collar 17 17 19 16 15 12 12 14 14 14 16 ** 18 ** Unskilled 16* 15* 16* 13 21 12 13 12 17* 12* 10* ** 0* ** Farmers 19* 23* 19 23 21 11 18 10* 15* 0* 10* ** 12* ** Housewives 13 17 15 17 19 17 13 7 15 20 14 ** 16 ** Union Households 18 19 22 20 22 12 14 15 11 16 13 ** 19 20 Non-Union Households 19 19 19 17 17 15 14 14 17 16 16 ** 17 18 South 19 18 19 16 15 13 14 14 16 19 14 ** 16 18 Nonsouth 18 19 20 19 20 15 14 14 16 15 15 ** 18 18 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 16 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* 18 23 18 12 ** 13 16 Born 1959-1974 18 18 21 19 16 15 12 14 16 16 15 ** 19 21 Born 1943-1958 18 17 19 18 19 14 14 12 14 18 16 ** 16 21 Born 1927-1942 20 22 22 19 19 15 17 17 16 17 11 ** 21 8* Born 1911-1926 18 21 18 17 17 14 15 14 17 11 24 ** 28 ** Born 1895-1910 17 15 15 16 19 4 11 10* 11* 0* 0* ** ** ** Born before 1895 0* 29* 25* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 17 18 20 16 18 14 13 13 16 16 13 ** 15 16 Independents 15 16 12 17 17 9 14 17 17 13 13 ** 22 18 Republicans (incl leaners) 23 22 21 21 19 16 15 15 15 18 18 ** 19 20 Liberals 19 16 21 16 19 15 10 9 15 16 16 ** 14 17 Moderates 17 22 25 19 20 15 18 18 14 17 24 ** 22 18 Conservatives 21 18 18 20 19 15 15 13 15 17 16 ** 16 22 * 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.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10