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Whether the respondent would have a test for serious genetic defects during pregnancy, asked in 1990-2004 and again in 2018 under a new variable name.
AI-matched An AI model grouped these questions and mapped their answers onto shared categories, and a second AI review checked and corrected the grouping and mapping. No person has checked it: compare the question wordings and the answer mapping below before reading the lines against each other.
Latest: 65% answered “Would want test” in GSS: Would want genetic test of fetus for defects, 2018.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
Groups differ from everyone by 4 points on average across all answers, in GSS: Would want genetic testing of fetus.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS: Would want genetic testing of fetus | Would want genetic testing of fetus Today, tests are being developed that make it possible to detect serious genetic defects before a baby is born. But so far, it is impossible either to treat or to correct most of them. If (you/your partner) were pregnant, would you want (her) to have a test to find out if the baby has any serious genetic defects? Caveat: Reference question, asked 1990-2004 only | identical | Have test → Would want test; Not have test → Would not want test |
| GSS: Would want genetic test of fetus for defects | Would want genetic test of fetus for defects Today, tests are being developed that make it possible to detect serious genetic defects before a baby is born. But so far, it is impossible either to treat or to correct most of them. If (you were pregnant/you were expecting a child/your partner were pregnant), would you want (the pregnant woman/her) to have a test to find out if the baby has any serious genetic defects? Caveat: 2018 rewording of pronouns; yes/no options instead of have/not have test | equivalent | Yes → Would want test; No → Would not want test |
Groups differ from everyone by 3 points on average across all answers, in GSS: Would want genetic testing of fetus.
Subgroup charts are picked automatically. Of every breakdown in the data (party, ideology, age, sex, race, education, income, region, religion, and community type), these two put their groups furthest from everyone’s answers: the gap is averaged across all answer categories and waves, with each group weighted by its share of respondents. Party and ideology count as one choice, so the second chart shows a different kind of split. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.