Correction on Abortion
[Update: Sam Wilson weighs in.]
The noble Sam Wilson pointed out a problem with this morning’s abortion regressions. My dependent variable, ABORTION, was constructed by another GSS user. This user coded people who weren’t asked about abortion as “no’s.” The true yes/no split on “abortion for any reason” is 41/59. Here are the corrected regressions using ABANY as the dependent variable.
Regressing abortion views on sexual partners, age, age squared, year, and sex:
![abortfixed1.jpg abortfixed1.jpg](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99cd8b02-d185-4fa3-b63d-332e651b77a9_369x312.jpeg)
Adding a control for ideology:
![abortfixed2.jpg abortfixed2.jpg](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe301b2aa-e73b-49ca-9ac1-2fb3dcd05b64_373x343.jpeg)
Adding controls for church attendance and Biblical literalism:
![abortfixed3.jpg abortfixed3.jpg](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c555a34-f8f6-4e46-ad89-053a16a1f636_367x403.jpeg)
Main change: The absolute magnitude of all the main coefficients rises by roughly 50%, leaving the relative role of ideas and interests about the same. Main difference: Number of male sexual partners now looks about 50% more important than number of female sexual partners.
Still, I messed up, and I apologize.
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