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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2016

Variable Details

Variableprgmrisk
LabelD1f Abortion: A doctor says that there is more risk to the life of a pregnant woman if she continues with a pregnancy than [...] abortion
Question text Thinking about the laws on abortion in Northern Ireland. Do you think that an abortion should be legal or illegal in the following circumstances? A doctor says that there is more risk to the life of a pregnant woman if she continues with a pregnancy than if she were to have an abortion.
Responses
1 Definitely should be legal 533
2 Probably should be legal 369
3 Probably should be illegal 108
4 Definitely should be illegal 125
8 Don't know 57
9 No answer/Refused 16
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsNote to interviewer: Include a marker at every page to show if respondent wishes to skip to the end of the section.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2016.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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