Seven circumstances, different answers
How does support for legal abortion depend on the circumstance and survey year?
Rows: Circumstance · Columns: Survey year
| Circumstance | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health endangered | 88.9%n = 1,431 | 92.9%n = 1,142 | 91.1%n = 1,555 |
| Rape | 83.9%n = 1,430 | 85.0%n = 1,139 | 83.7%n = 1,529 |
| Serious defect | 77.0%n = 1,435 | 80.7%n = 1,121 | 78.1%n = 1,526 |
| Married, no more | 57.0%n = 1,424 | 58.7%n = 1,122 | 54.9%n = 1,522 |
| Cannot afford | 56.1%n = 1,425 | 57.3%n = 1,126 | 53.7%n = 1,531 |
| Unmarried | 55.1%n = 1,425 | 56.6%n = 1,133 | 51.9%n = 1,525 |
| Any reason | 53.7%n = 1,328 | 57.1%n = 1,136 | 58.3%n = 2,140 |
Chart data · 21 rows
| Circumstance | Year | Support (%) | Lower 95% | Upper 95% | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health endangered | 2021 | 88.95 | 86.85 | 91.05 | 1,431 |
| Health endangered | 2022 | 92.86 | 89.63 | 96.09 | 1,142 |
| Health endangered | 2024 | 91.14 | 89.03 | 93.25 | 1,555 |
| Rape | 2021 | 83.94 | 81.55 | 86.34 | 1,430 |
| Rape | 2022 | 85.05 | 81.32 | 88.77 | 1,139 |
| Rape | 2024 | 83.72 | 81.16 | 86.28 | 1,529 |
| Serious defect | 2021 | 76.97 | 74.14 | 79.8 | 1,435 |
| Serious defect | 2022 | 80.7 | 77.17 | 84.22 | 1,121 |
| Serious defect | 2024 | 78.14 | 75.05 | 81.24 | 1,526 |
| Married, no more | 2021 | 57.02 | 53.8 | 60.24 | 1,424 |
| Married, no more | 2022 | 58.7 | 53.37 | 64.02 | 1,122 |
| Married, no more | 2024 | 54.85 | 50.78 | 58.92 | 1,522 |
| Cannot afford | 2021 | 56.13 | 52.94 | 59.32 | 1,425 |
| Cannot afford | 2022 | 57.3 | 52.24 | 62.36 | 1,126 |
| Cannot afford | 2024 | 53.74 | 49.69 | 57.79 | 1,531 |
| Unmarried | 2021 | 55.14 | 51.94 | 58.34 | 1,425 |
| Unmarried | 2022 | 56.61 | 51.23 | 62 | 1,133 |
| Unmarried | 2024 | 51.86 | 48.1 | 55.62 | 1,525 |
| Any reason | 2021 | 53.72 | 50.33 | 57.1 | 1,328 |
| Any reason | 2022 | 57.06 | 52.06 | 62.07 | 1,136 |
Cells show support for allowing a legal abortion in the named circumstance. Missing waves and intervals are not filled in. The fixture includes observations from 1972, despite its source label saying 1977–2024. Scenario names are abbreviated source labels, not the full questionnaire wording.
General Social Survey · observed waves 1972–2024
Reading notes
The source metadata says 1977–2024, but rows begin in 1972. Scenario labels are abbreviations. Unobserved years are not interpolated.
Source & method
General Social Survey · observed waves 1972–2024
Unchanged scenario/year estimates and sample counts. Display coverage from rows (1972 onward), not conflicting metadata subtitle. Null confidence limits remain missing.
Capture provenance
- Source repository / file
- ctzn-pub / public/data/abortion-seven-scenarios.json
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- 65774e3e2412742dab0b6209a4cb5c3b648ea8ff
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- 2026-09-11
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- Aggregated public-facing example from the user-owned source repository. Upstream attribution retained; no new license asserted.
