The Effects Of Abortion On Same Sex Marriage - 1920 Words

But to completely test my hypothesis I needed more than just one sample of a controversial issue. Thus I kept my independent variable of age with the same set of parameters and changed the dependent variable to other controversial issues. Using abortion as one of the issues using the poling variable of K01, not changing any parameters of this variable. The third issue used was that of abortion solely being a women’s choice, using the poling variable of K04, and not changing any parameters of this variable. The fourth issue was if there is believed discrimination of African Americans in today’s society using the polling variable of M09, and not changing any parameters of this variable. The fifth and final issue looked at is if there is a†¦show more content†¦That is a significant difference in ideology, as said previously that the older generation tends to stick to more traditional viewpoints. As noted by table 1 as well the probability statistic has a correlati on of .00 meaning that this is statistically significant in saying that the correlation between the age and the response, and that it is safe to say that majority of the population within those age ranges would respond in the same way. Table 1: The Influence of Age on Gay and Lesbian Marriage Views. Age Gay/ Lesbian Marriage Young (18 - 34) Middle (35 – 54) Older (55 and over) Should Allow 52% 41% 32% Allow civil unions only 26% 34% 38% Should Not allow 21% 24% 30% Total Column Percent 100% 100% 100% Number of Cases 1,380 1,968 2,140 Chi square = 162.20, p = .00 Source: SETUPS: Voting Behavior: The 2012 Election Moving on to table 2 which illustrates the relation between age and the views on abortion, it is shown that the young generation again ranging from 18 to 34 years old responded with a margin of 42 percent saying it should always be permitted. Only 15 percent said it should never be permitted. Counter to that the older generation again 55 and over responded with a margin of 41 percent saying it should always be permitted and only 10 percent saying that it should never be. Showing only a one percentage point difference between the two which does not really show a