Survey On the Beliefs and Moral Values of America's Children, 1989

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J6PRESIN (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell us if you agree or disagree with the following statement - Sex before marriage is never right because it is a sin. (Not asked of elementary school students.)   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree	1155	33.6%	33.6%
Disagree	1811	52.6%	86.2%
Don't know	475	13.8%	100%
Missing	2978

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Religious preference Grade Median income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	32.7% 509	34.0% 635	33.4% 1144
Disagree	54.4% 847	51.4% 958	52.7% 1805
Don't know	12.9% 201	14.6% 272	13.8% 473
TOTAL	100.0% 1557	100.0% 1865	3422

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Agree	30.2% 721	51.8% 199	35.9% 194	19.4% 12	33.4% 1126
Disagree	56.4% 1347	33.3% 128	48.4% 262	66.1% 41	52.7% 1778
Don't know	13.4% 319	14.8% 57	15.7% 85	14.5% 9	13.9% 470
TOTAL	100.0% 2387	100.0% 384	100.0% 541	100.0% 62	3374

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Agree	41.7% 671	27.0% 300	8.9% 5	26.1% 111	24.6% 51	33.4% 1138
Disagree	46.0% 741	55.8% 620	75.0% 42	67.1% 286	54.1% 112	52.8% 1801
Don't know	12.3% 198	17.2% 191	16.1% 9	6.8% 29	21.3% 44	13.8% 471
TOTAL	100.0% 1610	100.0% 1111	100.0% 56	100.0% 426	100.0% 207	3410

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Agree	0.0% 0	35.0% 609	32.1% 546	33.6% 1155
Disagree	0.0% 0	51.7% 900	53.6% 911	52.6% 1811
Don't know	0.0% 0	13.3% 232	14.3% 243	13.8% 475
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1741	100.0% 1700	3441

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Agree	44.0% 216	37.3% 599	25.7% 248	33.5% 57	16.7% 35	33.6% 1155
Disagree	35.4% 174	49.8% 799	64.4% 621	57.6% 98	56.7% 119	52.6% 1811
Don't know	20.6% 101	12.9% 207	9.9% 96	8.8% 15	26.7% 56	13.8% 475
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 1605	100.0% 965	100.0% 170	100.0% 210	3441