Strong chance of serious defect

abdefect

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 206. Please tell me whether or not you think it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtaina legal abortion if: a. There is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	don't know	no	no answer	yes	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	81	327	6	1199	-	-	1613
1973	36	227	4	1237	-	-	1504
1974	44	214	-	1226	-	-	1484
1975	49	242	3	1196	-	-	1490
1976	38	234	4	1223	-	-	1499
1977	37	216	6	1271	-	-	1530
1978	31	270	4	1227	-	-	1532
1980	48	240	1	1179	-	-	1468
1982	80	317	5	1458	-	-	1860
1983	53	320	32	1194	-	-	1599
1984	44	281	8	1140	-	-	1473
1985	45	319	3	1167	-	-	1534
1986	-	-	-	-	1470	-	1470
1987	66	384	9	1360	-	-	1819
1988	31	200	2	744	504	-	1481
1989	34	186	4	809	504	-	1537
1990	35	165	2	715	455	-	1372
1991	41	156	8	788	524	-	1517
1993	37	193	5	840	531	-	1606
1994	68	341	2	1585	996	-	2992
1996	66	336	7	1514	981	-	2904
1998	79	385	3	1415	950	-	2832
2000	83	377	4	1397	956	-	2817
2002	24	193	4	703	1841	-	2765
2004	33	232	9	624	1914	-	2812
2006	68	495	15	1425	2507	-	4510
2008	61	321	18	952	671	-	2023
2010	32	304	24	921	763	-	2044
2012	52	313	24	919	666	-	1974
2014	54	402	27	1231	824	-	2538
2016	58	447	32	1353	977	-	2867
2018	44	339	27	1164	774	-	2348
2021	11	309	3	1126	2566	17	4032
2022	34	224	16	897	2367	6	3544
2024	60	297	21	1229	1694	8	3309
Total	1657	9806	342	38428	25435	31	75699

Values

• 1 yes

• 2 no

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook