Table 4.
Attitudinal changes in ethical issues in three Latin American countries, by age and sex, 1990-2006
| Men | Women | ||||||||||
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| ≤ 29 | 30-49 | 50+ | Total | N | ≤ 29 | 30-49 | 50+ | Total | N | ||
| Never justified: Euthanasia | |||||||||||
| Argentina | 1991 | 43.3 | 53.4 | 62.0 | 53.6 | 453 | 46.8 | 57.1 | 72.2 | 59.9 | 491 |
| 2006 | 36.3 | 38.2 | 52.0 | 42.1 | 382 | 36.2 | 39.1 | 58.9 | 45.2 | 434 | |
| Chile | 1990 | 51.9 | 62.6 | 72.8 | 61.0 | 700 | 58.7 | 65.2 | 75.9 | 65.7 | 760 |
| 2006 | 25.7 | 34.1 | 48.9 | 36.7 | 411 | 35.1 | 33.0 | 50.0 | 39.4 | 510 | |
| Brazil | 1991 | 58.2 | 59.2 | 73.2 | 62.0 | 811 | 60.8 | 70.4 | 79.2 | 68.6 | 869 |
| 2006 | 41.4 | 48.8 | 47.1 | 46.0 | 611 | 50.4 | 50.3 | 56.3 | 51.9 | 855 | |
| Never justified: Homosexuality | |||||||||||
| Argentina | 1991 | 52.7 | 58.8 | 70.4 | 61.2 | 448 | 42.3 | 56.4 | 73.9 | 59.0 | 505 |
| 2006 | 24.8 | 27.5 | 50.4 | 33.5 | 400 | 16.7 | 23.9 | 40.5 | 27.6 | 449 | |
| Chile | 1990 | 71.8 | 75.6 | 83.6 | 76.1 | 703 | 71.4 | 77.5 | 86.2 | 77.6 | 774 |
| 2006 | 17.5 | 24.6 | 36.0 | 26.4 | 425 | 13.9 | 21.6 | 32.7 | 23.2 | 512 | |
| Brazil | 1991 | 74.7 | 70.1 | 84.9 | 75.2 | 888 | 57.6 | 62.3 | 76.6 | 63.6 | 867 |
| 2006 | 35.8 | 32.5 | 38.7 | 35.3 | 606 | 22.6 | 27.6 | 37.4 | 28.6 | 838 | |
| Never justified: Abortion | |||||||||||
| Argentina | 1991 | 45.0 | 39.1 | 50.0 | 44.6 | 446 | 38.3 | 39.9 | 58.2 | 45.9 | 518 |
| 2006 | 49.6 | 50.0 | 64.7 | 54.7 | 430 | 44.0 | 53.8 | 68.2 | 56.1 | 490 | |
| Chile | 1990 | 69.3 | 76.7 | 78.8 | 74.5 | 709 | 73.8 | 74.6 | 82.0 | 76.2 | 783 |
| 2006 | 43.0 | 53.7 | 63.8 | 54.2 | 432 | 49.6 | 53.6 | 72.1 | 58.9 | 533 | |
| Brazil | 1991 | 59.6 | 59.0 | 67.5 | 61.1 | 890 | 61.7 | 68.5 | 74.9 | 67.3 | 887 |
| 2006 | 55.8 | 65.0 | 62.7 | 61.5 | 613 | 59.5 | 65.6 | 68.5 | 64.5 | 866 | |
| Never justified: Divorce | |||||||||||
| Argentina | 1991 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 31.9 | 24.5 | 461 | 14.1 | 23.2 | 30.6 | 23.4 | 518 |
| 2006 | 13.5 | 16.8 | 24.8 | 18.3 | 427 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 499 | |
| Chile | 1990 | 36.4 | 49.5 | 50.3 | 44.8 | 707 | 42.0 | 44.3 | 58.8 | 47.3 | 780 |
| 2006 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 27.5 | 18.3 | 437 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 26.2 | 16.5 | 533 | |
| Brazil | 1991 | 28.8 | 26.5 | 42.2 | 30.9 | 883 | 25.1 | 32.6 | 45.5 | 32.6 | 881 |
| 2006 | 14.6 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 19.3 | 612 | 12.6 | 20.5 | 26.0 | 19.6 | 859 | |
| Never justified: Suicide | |||||||||||
| Argentina | 1991 | 76.7 | 80.1 | 84.7 | 80.8 | 458 | 78.9 | 81.4 | 89.4 | 83.7 | 496 |
| 2006 | 58.5 | 46.1 | 79.4 | 71.6 | 408 | 69.5 | 74.4 | 85.0 | 76.8 | 462 | |
| Chile | 1990 | 73.3 | 78.9 | 85.4 | 78.3 | 706 | 77.9 | 85.0 | 86.9 | 83.0 | 782 |
| 2006 | 48.2 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 58.7 | 426 | 52.6 | 61.5 | 75.0 | 63.8 | 517 | |
| Brazil | 1991 | 83.1 | 89.3 | 92.0 | 87.5 | 890 | 85.5 | 92.7 | 92.5 | 89.9 | 888 |
| 2006 | 64.9 | 77.8 | 79.7 | 74.3 | 619 | 71.2 | 78.1 | 78.7 | 76.2 | 864 | |
Source: Own tabulations of the 1990 and 2005 rounds of the World Values Surveys data files.