Religious tradition among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by religious group
% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who are…
Generational cohort | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Younger Millennial | 2% | 15% | 10% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 2% | 11% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 46% | 1% | 1,822 |
Older Millennial | 1% | 13% | 14% | 2% | 6% | < 1% | 2% | 10% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 43% | 1% | 2,373 |
Generation X | 1% | 20% | 16% | 1% | 7% | < 1% | 2% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 32% | 1% | 4,099 |
Baby Boomer | 1% | 22% | 18% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 3% | 20% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 24% | 1% | 7,319 |
Silent | 1% | 20% | 20% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 5% | 28% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 17% | 1% | 2,969 |
Greatest | < 1% | 20% | 15% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | 11% | 30% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 14% | < 1% | 276 |
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