Salt Lake City and San Francisco Surveys of Mormons, 1967-1969 (Salt Lake City Sample)

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ADULTERY Most of us probably feel that failure to live up to the Lord's commandments will have an adverse effect on our standing in His eyes, but that weakness in some commandments might be more serious than weakness in others. By circling the appropriate numbers below, please indicate how serious you believe each of the following to be -- Having sex relations after marriage with someone other than spouse   1) Very serious   2) Fairly serious   3) Not very serious   4) Scarcely matters at all   5) Can't decide

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	864	93%	93%	-.23
Fairly serious	40	4.3%	97.3%	1.6
Not very serious	6	.6%	98%	3.43
Scarcely matters at all	11	1.2%	99.1%	5.26
Can't decide	8	.9%	100%	7.1

Variable Comparisons

Household income Sex Marital status Education Age

Household income (I-INCOME)

	LT $4K	$5K-$7K	$8K-$10K	$11K-$25K	GT $35K	TOTAL
Very serious	95.0% 134	96.1% 198	94.5% 222	88.0% 212	88.2% 30	92.9% 796
Fairly serious	2.1% 3	2.9% 6	3.4% 8	7.9% 19	11.8% 4	4.7% 40
Not very serious	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Scarcely matters at all	1.4% 2	1.0% 2	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 8
Can't decide	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 206	100.0% 235	100.0% 241	100.0% 34	857

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very serious	89.1% 400	97.0% 455	93.1% 855
Fairly serious	6.7% 30	2.1% 10	4.4% 40
Not very serious	1.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Scarcely matters at all	1.6% 7	0.4% 2	1.0% 9
Can't decide	1.3% 6	0.4% 2	0.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 449	100.0% 469	918

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Single	Divorced	Widowed	TOTAL
Very serious	92.3% 684	91.9% 34	96.7% 29	99.0% 95	93.1% 842
Fairly serious	5.0% 37	8.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.4% 40
Not very serious	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Scarcely matters at all	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 9
Can't decide	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 741	100.0% 37	100.0% 30	100.0% 96	904

Education (I-EDUC)

	LT HS	HS Grad	Some Coll	Coll Grad	Post Coll	TOTAL
Very serious	92.7% 127	95.8% 161	93.2% 330	96.4% 106	87.0% 127	93.0% 851
Fairly serious	4.4% 6	1.8% 3	4.5% 16	2.7% 3	8.2% 12	4.4% 40
Not very serious	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.9% 1	1.4% 2	0.7% 6
Scarcely matters at all	1.5% 2	1.2% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.7% 4	1.1% 10
Can't decide	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 168	100.0% 354	100.0% 110	100.0% 146	915

Age (I-AGE)

	LT 20	20-30	31-40	41-60	61+	TOTAL
Very serious	90.9% 10	93.6% 147	89.1% 147	94.0% 330	93.8% 211	93.0% 845
Fairly serious	9.1% 1	3.8% 6	5.5% 9	4.3% 15	4.0% 9	4.4% 40
Not very serious	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.8% 3	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 6
Scarcely matters at all	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	1.2% 2	0.9% 3	1.3% 3	1.1% 10
Can't decide	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	2.4% 4	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 157	100.0% 165	100.0% 351	100.0% 225	909