General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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TEENSEX There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. If [a man and a woman] are in their early teens, say 14 to 16 years old, in that case, do you think sex relations before marriage are always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes or not wrong at all?   1) Always wrong   2) Almost always wrong   3) Sometimes wrong   4) Not wrong at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	892	58.1%	58.1%	-0.74
Almost always wrong	262	17.1%	75.2%	0.24
Sometimes wrong	248	16.2%	91.4%	1.23
Not wrong at all	132	8.6%	100.0%	2.22

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	40.9% 94	53.7% 216	64.0% 260	61.8% 212	72.1% 106	58.1% 888
Almost always wrong	21.7% 50	15.4% 62	16.0% 65	19.5% 67	11.6% 17	17.1% 261
Sometimes wrong	23.9% 55	17.9% 72	12.8% 52	14.6% 50	12.2% 18	16.2% 247
Not wrong at all	13.5% 31	12.9% 52	7.1% 29	4.1% 14	4.1% 6	8.6% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 230	100.0% 402	100.0% 406	100.0% 343	100.0% 147	1528

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	41.8% 192	45.5% 35	51.7% 105	60.4% 93	60.6% 140	78.8% 41	81.1% 283	58.3% 889
Almost always wrong	20.3% 93	20.8% 16	19.2% 39	15.6% 24	17.7% 41	13.5% 7	11.2% 39	17.0% 259
Sometimes wrong	22.7% 104	19.5% 15	20.7% 42	18.2% 28	16.0% 37	5.8% 3	5.2% 18	16.2% 247
Not wrong at all	15.3% 70	14.3% 11	8.4% 17	5.8% 9	5.6% 13	1.9% 1	2.6% 9	8.5% 130
TOTAL	100.0% 459	100.0% 77	100.0% 203	100.0% 154	100.0% 231	100.0% 52	100.0% 349	1525

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Always wrong	38.5% 95	49.7% 82	59.0% 325	60.5% 124	73.7% 227	57.8% 853
Almost always wrong	19.8% 49	19.4% 32	17.1% 94	20.0% 41	12.0% 37	17.1% 253
Sometimes wrong	27.5% 68	20.6% 34	14.7% 81	14.6% 30	9.4% 29	16.4% 242
Not wrong at all	14.2% 35	10.3% 17	9.3% 51	4.9% 10	4.9% 15	8.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 247	100.0% 165	100.0% 551	100.0% 205	100.0% 308	1476

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	55.4% 610	68.4% 169	60.8% 113	58.1% 892
Almost always wrong	18.0% 198	12.6% 31	17.7% 33	17.1% 262
Sometimes wrong	18.2% 200	10.1% 25	12.4% 23	16.2% 248
Not wrong at all	8.4% 93	8.9% 22	9.1% 17	8.6% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 1101	100.0% 247	100.0% 186	1534

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Always wrong	69.1% 506	59.3% 211	26.9% 7	36.2% 119	51.3% 40	58.1% 883
Almost always wrong	13.4% 98	19.7% 70	34.6% 9	19.1% 63	24.4% 19	17.0% 259
Sometimes wrong	12.4% 91	14.3% 51	34.6% 9	25.5% 84	15.4% 12	16.2% 247
Not wrong at all	5.1% 37	6.7% 24	3.8% 1	19.1% 63	9.0% 7	8.7% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 356	100.0% 26	100.0% 329	100.0% 78	1521

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	54.3% 370	61.3% 522	58.1% 892
Almost always wrong	17.7% 121	16.5% 141	17.1% 262
Sometimes wrong	17.2% 117	15.4% 131	16.2% 248
Not wrong at all	10.9% 74	6.8% 58	8.6% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 852	1534