Share of people in favor of abortion in Netherlands 2017, by religious identification

Published by Statista Research Department, May 6, 2022

This statistic displays the share of people in favor of legal abortion in the Netherlands in 2017, by religious identification. Of the general population, roughly 84 percent was in favor of legal abortion. The religiously unaffiliated participants showed the highest approval rate for abortion in this survey, with over 90 percent in favor of legal abortions. In contrast, of the church-attending Christians this was only 51 percent.

Share of people in favor of legal abortion in the Netherlands in 2017, by religious identification

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Release date

May 2018

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

April 2017 to August 2017

Number of respondents

1,497 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

The source adds the following information: "Church-attending Christians are defined as those who say they attend church at least monthly. Non-practicing Christians are defined as those who attend less often. Religiously unaffiliated adults are defined as those who identify as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” Other religion/don’t know/ref. are mostly Muslim respondents."

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