Entry:

Ladd, Everett Carll, Jr. and Bowman, Karlyn H., Public Opinion About Abortion. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, 1997.


Abstract:

Americans do not support making abortion illegal, but they do not support the availability of abortion in all circumstances.

GSS Years:

1972-96

Other Data Sets:

CBS/NYT 1983-1993; Survey of American Political Culture 1996; NES 1972-80; LAT 1996; NBC/Wall Street Journal 1996; CNN/USA Today 1996

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
ABANY

ABORTION IF WOMAN WANTS FOR ANY REASON

ABDEFECT

STRONG CHANCE OF SERIOUS DEFECT

ABPOOR

LOW INCOME--CANT AFFORD MORE CHILDREN

ABRAPE

PREGNANT AS RESULT OF RAPE

ABHLTH

WOMANS HEALTH SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED

ABNOMORE

MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN

ABSINGLE

NOT MARRIED