Re: more polls

[kelley <kcwalker@xxxxxxx>]

right there andy is one of the issues.  patterns of thinking regarding
abortion are heavily influenced, it turns out, by age.
>age
>   18-29                   29           50           18            3
>   30-49                   32           53           12            3
>   50-64                   24           58           14            4
>   50+                     20           57           19            4
>   65+                     16           55           25            4

when i taught methods last year, one of my students broke it down by age
and it turned out to be more salient than even examining that norc data by
creating scale of religiosity.  that is, when you look at "protestants,
catholics, jews" it doesn't appear that religion affects abortion opinion
all that much.  but when you break protestants down into how fundamentalist
and literalist they are, then it has a big influence on abortion opinion.
but what turned out to be more significant by comparison was age.  which, i
think, supports yoshie's claim that when more women have abortions and talk
about them, etc then it will become less of a problem.


kelley