THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Abortion (2), by Law 1980-2004 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Always as Personal Choice' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 Males 34 35 36 37 36 41 46 38 36 42 39 ** 34 Females 36 36 35 39 35 38 46 41 43 38 40 ** 37 Whites 36 36 36 39 36 42 47 40 42 41 40 ** 37 Blacks 30 34 33 35 33 34 45 40 39 42 32 ** 32 Grade School 16 13 15 18 20 21 26 20 14 15 20 ** 12* High School 32 30 31 34 32 35 40 32 34 37 35 ** 31 Some College, no Degree 42 44 42 44 42 46 50 49 46 41 40 ** 33 College Degree/ Post-grad 51 51 52 51 41 53 58 51 50 53 51 ** 49 Income 0-16 Percentile 23 29 25 29 26 25 33 33 29 35 27 ** 19 Income 17-33 Percentile 31 28 32 33 31 38 41 38 39 35 35 ** 34 Income 34-67 Percentile 38 38 36 39 38 41 47 39 40 41 38 ** 36 Income 68-95 Percentile 42 39 41 44 40 48 51 48 47 43 50 ** 48 Income 96-100 Percentile 48 46 53 62 47* 54 69 61 53 48 49 ** 45 Professionals 43 45 47 46 43 48 54 50 49 46 47 ** 45 White Collar 40 41 39 46 38 46 53 46 47 41 44 ** 37 Blue Collar 32 32 31 33 32 35 41 32 33 35 32 ** 32 Unskilled 20* 33* 27* 34 35 37 35 23 14* 37* 35* ** 31* Farmers 23* 14* 13 18 14 24 22 33* 33* 46* 34* ** 15* Housewives 30 27 27 30 28 32 39 35 24 32 28 ** 19 Union Households 36 37 39 43 36 48 49 39 46 49 43 ** 35 Non-Union Households 35 35 35 37 35 38 45 40 39 38 39 ** 36 South 33 29 27 31 29 28 37 32 35 29 35 ** 26 Nonsouth 37 38 39 42 38 45 50 44 42 46 42 ** 40 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** 46* 28 32 39 39 ** 39 Born 1959-1974 47 42 37 38 40 41 49 43 43 42 43 ** 41 Born 1943-1958 41 43 43 43 38 46 51 45 44 44 45 ** 36 Born 1927-1942 39 35 35 40 33 34 38 33 34 35 31 ** 28 Born 1911-1926 26 27 27 33 31 35 40 33 32 31 23 ** 15 Born 1895-1910 22 22 19 20 19 18 26 42* 34* 7* 12* ** ** Born before 1895 30* 0* 0* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 36 35 38 40 37 43 52 46 45 47 46 ** 44 Independents & Apoliticals 40 39 35 36 36 32 44 39 34 39 39 ** 36 Republicans (incl leaners) 33 35 32 38 33 38 38 33 33 31 30 ** 25 Liberals 53 58 54 56 50 61 69 71 69 63 58 ** 61 Moderates 41 41 38 42 43 45 48 46 45 49 42 ** 37 Conservatives 31 31 32 32 29 31 35 31 28 28 29 ** 25 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4C.2b.4 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05