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ANES's four-position item, from never permitted to always permitted as a matter of personal choice.
Latest: 19% answered “Other clear need” in ANES, 2024.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. 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 13 points on average across all answers.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANES | When abortion should be allowed by law ALL YEARS EXCEPT 2000 TELEPHONE:
There has been some discussion about abortion during recent years.
(RESPONDENT BOOKLET) Which one of the opinions on this page best agrees with your view? You can just tell me the number of the opinion you choose.
2000 TELEPHONE:
I am going to read you a short list of opinions. Please tell me which one of the opinions best agrees with your view. You can just tell me the number of the opinion you choose. | identical | By law, abortion should never be permitted. → Never; The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest, or when the woman’s life is in danger. → Rape, incest, or life; 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. → Other clear need; By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice. → Always, personal choice |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Groups differ from everyone by 9 points on average across all answers.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
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.