THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Abortion (2), by Law  1980-2004


                           '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
          Never Permitted   11   13   13   13   12   12   10   13   13   12   12   **   14 
     Rape, Incest, Danger   32   30   29   28   33   33   28   31   30   30   31   **   32 
               Clear Need   18   19   19   18   18   14   14   14   16   16   15   **   18 
Always as Personal Choice   35   35   35   38   35   40   46   40   40   40   39   **   36 
        Don't Know, Other    4    3    3    2    1    2    2    2    2    1    2   **    1
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                       N  1604 1398 2237 2166 2025 1963 2470 1770 1710 1271 1798      1058  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4C.2b
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Which one of the opinions on this page best agrees with your view?"
     1. By law, abortion should never be permitted
     2. The law should permit abortion only in case of rape,
     incest, or when the woman's life is in danger.
     3. The law should permit abortion for reasons other than
     rape, incest, or danger to the woman's life, but only
     after the need for the abortion has been clearly
     established.
     4. By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an
     abortion as a matter of personal choice.
       


     This question is variable VCF0838 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05