Table 4.
Religion and knowledge associated with moral attitude in percentage (N = 375)
| Conditions | Religion | Knowledge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muslim (n = 221) | Buddhist (n = 154) | More than 80% (n = 70) |
Less than 80% (n = 305) |
|
| Prochoice (strongly agree and agree) | ||||
| Abortion can be a good thing in any circumstances. | 5.0 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 5.9 |
| Abortion is a woman’s right. | 27.6* | 46.8* | 55.8* | 30.0* |
| Abortion after gestational age 12 week is acceptable in every situation. | 12.2 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 13.1 |
| Conditional agreement (strongly agree and agree) | ||||
| Abortion after gestational age 12 week is acceptable in some situation. | 57.5 | 66.2 | 81.4* | 56.4* |
| Prolife (strongly disagree and disagree) | ||||
| Abortion is the same as murder. | 15.8* | 26.6* | 27.1 | 18.7 |
| Abortion is wrong. | 17.2* | 27.9* | 27.1 | 20.3 |
| Abortion is sinful. | 10.4* | 18.2* | 24.3* | 11.1* |
*Fisher’s exact test p < 0.05