health need and 35.1% always permit it. Only 2.3% of Democrats with a lowimportance level of religion never permit abortion; 16.3% permit it in the case of rape orincest; 19.6% support it if there is a clear health need; and 61.8% always permit it. BothPearson’s chi-square and Kendall’s tau-c show that there is a statistical significance level. These results indicate that when compared to the original table, the biggest effect of thiscontrol variable comes when asked whether or not the person always supports abortion. Democrats are more likely to always permit abortion.Table 3Support for Abortion by Importance of Religion Among Independents: 1996(In Percentages)Importance of Religion IndependentsSupport for AbortionLowHighNever Permitted3.416.7For Rape, Incest15.537.0If Clear Need17.224.1Always Permitted63.822.2Totals100.0100.0 (N) 58 54 Source: National Science Foundation, University of Michigan, 1996Both Pearson’s chi-square and Kendall’s tau-c indicate that there is a significantstatistical level in the variables. This data shows that 16.7% of independents with a highimportance level of religion never permit abortion; 37% permit it in cases of rape or incest;24.1% support it if there is a clear health need; and 22.2% always permit it. Whenindependents with a low importance level of religion were asked their opinion of abortion:3.4% never permitted it; 15.5% permitted in cases of rape or incest; 17.2% supported it ifthere was a clear health need; and 63.8% always permitted it. When compared to theabove tables, this data indicates that again the largest percentage difference is among theresponse to always permitting abortion. It also shows that independents with a higherlevel of religious importance are more likely to permit abortion in the case of rape orincest rather than always permitting it. Table 4Support for Abortion by Importance of Religion Among Republicans (In Percentages)Importance...
