General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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PREMARSX There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. If a man and woman have sex relations before marriage, do you think it is always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes or not wrong at all?   1) Always wrong   2) Almost always wrong   3) Wrong only sometimes   4) Not wrong at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	278	18.2%	18.2%	-1.87
Almost always wrong	95	6.2%	24.4%	-1.02
Wrong only sometimes	213	13.9%	38.3%	-0.16
Not wrong at all	943	61.7%	100.0%	0.69

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Political ideology Race Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 or older	TOTAL
Always wrong	8.2% 19	15.8% 63	19.3% 78	19.0% 65	35.1% 52	18.2% 277
Almost always wrong	3.0% 7	4.5% 18	5.4% 22	8.2% 28	12.8% 19	6.2% 94
Wrong only sometimes	16.5% 38	11.3% 45	12.9% 52	17.3% 59	12.2% 18	13.9% 212
Not wrong at all	72.3% 167	68.3% 272	62.4% 252	55.6% 190	39.9% 59	61.7% 940
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 398	100.0% 404	100.0% 342	100.0% 148	1523

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a year	About once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Every week or several times a week	TOTAL
Always wrong	6.9% 32	5.2% 4	7.3% 15	7.2% 11	19.9% 46	39.2% 20	44.4% 150	18.3% 278
Almost always wrong	3.6% 17	1.3% 1	1.5% 3	5.3% 8	7.4% 17	7.8% 4	13.3% 45	6.2% 95
Wrong only sometimes	10.5% 49	16.9% 13	12.2% 25	18.4% 28	16.9% 39	27.5% 14	13.0% 44	13.9% 212
Not wrong at all	79.0% 369	76.6% 59	79.0% 162	69.1% 105	55.8% 129	25.5% 13	29.3% 99	61.5% 936
TOTAL	100.0% 467	100.0% 77	100.0% 205	100.0% 152	100.0% 231	100.0% 51	100.0% 338	1521

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Always wrong	7.9% 20	13.9% 23	14.4% 78	15.1% 31	35.8% 110	17.8% 262
Almost always wrong	5.2% 13	4.2% 7	5.9% 32	6.8% 14	8.5% 26	6.3% 92
Wrong only sometimes	11.1% 28	12.0% 20	15.5% 84	15.1% 31	14.3% 44	14.1% 207
Not wrong at all	75.8% 191	69.9% 116	64.2% 348	62.9% 129	41.4% 127	61.9% 911
TOTAL	100.0% 252	100.0% 166	100.0% 542	100.0% 205	100.0% 307	1472

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	17.0% 187	24.8% 61	16.6% 30	18.2% 278
Almost always wrong	6.3% 69	5.3% 13	7.2% 13	6.2% 95
Wrong only sometimes	13.8% 152	15.9% 39	12.2% 22	13.9% 213
Not wrong at all	63.0% 694	54.1% 133	64.1% 116	61.7% 943
TOTAL	100.0% 1102	100.0% 246	100.0% 181	1529

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always wrong	29.1% 211	9.0% 32	11.5% 3	4.5% 15	17.9% 14	18.1% 275
Almost always wrong	7.4% 54	7.9% 28	7.7% 2	1.8% 6	5.1% 4	6.2% 94
Wrong only sometimes	14.6% 106	14.6% 52	15.4% 4	10.5% 35	16.7% 13	13.8% 210
Not wrong at all	48.9% 355	68.5% 243	65.4% 17	83.2% 277	60.3% 47	61.9% 939
TOTAL	100.0% 726	100.0% 355	100.0% 26	100.0% 333	100.0% 78	1518

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	15.5% 106	20.3% 172	18.2% 278
Almost always wrong	6.6% 45	5.9% 50	6.2% 95
Wrong only sometimes	15.1% 103	13.0% 110	13.9% 213
Not wrong at all	62.8% 429	60.8% 514	61.7% 943
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 846	1529