Anglo-Saxon attitudes: a survey of British and American views of the ...

When do you think abortion should be legal?
Generally speaking do you
think of yourself as…
Gender Age
Social
Grade
Total Con Lab Lib Dem Male Female
18 to
34
35 to
54
55 + ABC1 C2DE
All GB Adults 1301 349 439 139 623 678 373 467 461 701 597
Unweighted Sample 1301 389 428 133 603 698 350 426 525 741 557
% % % % % % % % % % %
Abortion should always be legal. There should be no
restrictions on abortion
15 12 17 10 17 13 19 16 11 14 15
Abortion should be legal but with some restrictions (such
as late-term abortions)
61 65 62 66 59 64 62 64 58 66 56
Abortion should only be legal in special circumstances
such as when the life of the mother is in danger
18 19 16 22 18 19 14 14 26 15 22
Abortion should be illegal. It should never be allowed. 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
Not sure 3 1 3 1 3 2 2 4 2 1 5
Do you regard sex between unmarried people as a
sin or not?
Yes it is a sin 5 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 5
No it is not a sin but it is not generally desirable 22 28 19 19 21 22 7 15 40 23 20
No it is perfectly acceptable behaviour 71 65 76 76 71 71 87 78 52 71 72
Don’t know 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 3
Do you regard homosexuality as a sin or not?
Yes it is a sin 13 17 12 4 18 9 9 12 18 11 16
No it is not a sin but it is not generally desirable 37 41 35 33 36 37 18 36 52 38 35
No it is perfectly acceptable behaviour 46 40 49 61 42 50 70 48 25 49 44
Don’t know 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 5 3 5
Do you think homosexual couples should have the
right to register their relationship as civil unions so
that partners have the same legal and financial
rights as married couples?
Yes they should 66 58 70 83 61 71 85 69 49 68 65
No they should not 26 35 25 14 32 21 9 25 43 26 27
Don’t know 7 7 6 3 7 8 6 7 9 6 8
Do you favour the death penalty for murder?
Yes always 21 18 22 11 22 20 17 23 23 14 29
Yes sometimes depending on the circumstances 53 66 48 42 50 55 51 53 54 56 49
No the death penalty is wrong 24 13 29 47 26 23 29 22 22 29 19
Don’t know 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 3
Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
‘It may be necessary to curb traditional civil liberties
in order to protect this country more effectively
against terrorism’
Strongly agree 12 12 14 8 13 10 9 11 14 7 17
Tend to agree 32 36 34 28 34 30 25 35 33 37 26
Neither agree not disagree 16 17 14 18 11 20 20 14 14 13 19
Tend to disagree 18 18 18 19 18 18 16 18 19 20 16
Strongly disagree 15 14 11 23 19 10 14 15 15 17 12
Don’t know 9 4 10 4 5 12 15 7 6 7 11
Some people talk of a 'special relationship' between
Britain and the United States.
How close do you think this relationship currently
is?
Very close 8 8 9 8 9 7 10 9 6 7 9
Fairly close 50 50 53 44 55 45 54 50 46 48 51
Not very close 31 35 29 39 27 35 27 30 35 34 27
Not at all close 6 5 5 6 6 6 3 6 8 7 5
Don’t know 5 3 4 3 3 8 7 5 5 4 7
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