Abortion Views Questionnaire
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What is your gender?
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Female
Male
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How old are you?
18-20
21-30
32-44
45+
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Are you religious? If yes pick one
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Christian
Muslim
Other
None
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What is your completed education?
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Primary/All Age education
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Secondary Education
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Post-Secondary education
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Tertiary education
5.
Is the abortion legal or illegal in your country?
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Legal
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Illegal
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Unsure
6.
Do you support abortion?
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Yes
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No
7.
Do you know someone in your neighborhood who has had an abortion?
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Yes
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No
8.
Do you believe that a fetus is a living being?
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Disagree completely
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Agree completely
9.
Under which condition do you think abortion is morally right?
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The woman/ girl is pregnant as the result of sexual assault
The woman/ girl is unable to afford the pregnancy/ baby
The woman/ girl has no support or is alone
The woman/ girl has a medical condition where the pregnancy/ labour can lead to death
of the mother or baby (or both)
Under no condition is abortion morally right
10.
What do you think is the most common reason for having an abortion?
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Not ready to Parent at this Time
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Not in a Committed Relationship
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Financial Problems
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Want to Focus on Education
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Medical/Health Concerns
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Sexually Assaulted
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Someone is Pressuring You to Have an Abortion
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Other ( please explain):_____________________________________________________
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11.
Do you think teenage girls need consent from their parents for an abortion?
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Agree
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Disagree
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Strongly Agree
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Strongly Disagree
12.
Should the father have a say in the choice of abortion?
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Yes
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No
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Depends
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I don't know
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13.
Abortion can affect the physical and mental health of women?
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Disagree completely
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Agree completely
14.
Unsafe abortion is a serious health problem in ………. (name community)
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Disagree completely
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Agree completely
15.
A woman should always have the right to have an abortion in case of an unwanted pregnancy
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Disagree completely
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Agree completely
16.
Abortion is not harmful if it is clinically safe
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Disagree completely
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Agree completely
17.
Adoption a better solution to an unwanted pregnancy than abortion?
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Disagree completely
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Agree completely