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Question: Do you personally think it is wrong or not wrong for a woman to have an abortion if there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby?
Choices: "Always wrong" "Almost always wrong" "Wrong only sometimes" "Not wrong at all"
Data: % of "Always wrong" "Almost always wrong"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan32.7%
2 United States31.1%
3 Germany26.1%
4 United Kingdom24.5%
5 Italy23.1%
6 Republic of Korea20.5%
7 Australia15.6%
8 France 8.1%
9 Sweden8.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.554502 X +7.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4678.123850 X +49238.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.081966 X +84.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.210224 X +1.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.101323 X +11.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000