Q1: Do You Plan on Attending College?
100% of my respondents respond Yes, they do plan on attending some sort of university/higher education.
Q2: Do you identify yourself as Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?
Pro-Choice: 44 respondents, 83%
Pro-Life: 4 respondents, 7.5%
Somewhere in between: 4 respondents, 7.5%
Neither: 1 respondent, 2%
Q3: How familiar are you with the legality of abortion in this country?
Extremely familiar: 22 respondents, 41.5%
Somewhat familiar: 27 respondents, 51%
Not so familiar: 4 respondents, 7.5%
Not at all familiar: 0 respondents, 0%
Responses:
Q5: Would you attend college/university in a state, including Texas, that does not guarantee a woman access to a medical or surgical abortion?
Yes: 16 prespondents, 30%
No: 8 respondents, 15%
Maybe: 21 respondentes, 40%
I don't know: 2 respondents, 4%
Other: 6 responses, 11%
Q6: Faced with receiving financial aid from a college in a state that restricts/bans abortion or attending a college without financial aid in a state that guarantees a woman's right to an abortion, which option would you find more appealing?
Financial aid with restrictions: 26 respondents, 49%
No financial aid but the right to an abortion: 21 respondents, 40%
I don't believe it affects me: 4 respond
Q7: If unable to leave Texas, how do you feel about staying in Texas given the current political climate towards restrictions on abortion?
Concerned: 34 respondents, 64%
Okay with staying: 8 respondents, 15%
Unaffected: 2 repsondents, 3%
Trapped because I don't have another option: 7 respondents, 13%
Other: given my pro-life views I am happy to stay: 2 responses, 4%
Q8: If you stay in Texas, how will the ban on abortion impact how you approach being a college student?
more politically active: 23 respondents, 43%
more cautioned choices about dating: 25 respondents, 47%
Change your approach to birth control/add caution to sex life: 39 respondents, 74%
I don't believe it affects me: 3 respondents, 6%
Other: 4 respondents, 8%
- Nothing
- I don’t think I would date
Q9: If Texas' ban on abortion is a factor for you to leave, how important of a drive is it to you?
Somewhat of a concern: 13 respondents, 25%
Main Criteria: 5 respondents, 9%
A concern but other factors are more important/not my top priority: 30 respondents, 57%
Other: 5 respondents, 9%
-N/a
-it's not really a factor
-not a concern
-Not a concern, if someone is picking a place to live solely based off i
Q10: Are issues related to college selection and abortion politics something you talk about with your friends?
Yes all the time: 10 respondents, 19%
Yes sometimes: 26 respondents, 50%
Not really: 13 respondents, 24.5%
Never: 4 respondents, 7.5%
Other: 0 respondents, 0%
Q11: Gender
Male: 4 respondents, 9%
Female: 42 respondents, 91%
Non-Binary: 0 respondents, 0%
Other: 0 respondents, 0%
*7 skipped this question
Q12: High School Graduation Year
2023: 11 respondents, 23%
2024: 28 respondents, 60%
2025: 6 respondents, 13%
2026: 2 respondents, 4%
*6 skipped this question
Q13: Race/Ethnicity
White: 38 respondents, 81%
Black or African American: 0 respondents
Hispanic or Latino: 6 respondents, 13%
Asian or Asian American: 1 respondent, 2%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 1 respondent, 2%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 1 respondent, 2%
*7 skipped this question
Q14: Do you go to public/private/charter school?
Public: 42 respondents, 89.4%
Private: 5 respondents, 10.6%
Charter: 0 respondents
*6 skipped this question
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