National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 4 (2013)

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JDH7_W4

JDH7: Some people consider watching pornographic movies to be morally wrong, while others do not. How wrong or right do you, personally, think watching pornographic movies is?
  1) Wrong for all and should not be legally tolerated
  2) Wrong for all but should be legally tolerated
  3) Right for some but not for me personally
  4) Right for me but not necessarily for others
  5) Right for me
  6) Not a moral issue

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Wrong for all and should not be legally tolerated 259 12.2% 12.2% -1.68
Wrong for all but should be legally tolerated 237 11.2% 23.4% -1.13
Right for some but not for me personally 365 17.2% 40.7% -0.57
Right for me but not necessarily for others 351 16.6% 57.3% -0.01
Right for me 162 7.7% 64.9% 0.55
Not a moral issue 742 35.1% 100.0% 1.11

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

20-23 24-27 28-33 TOTAL
Wrong for all and should not be legally tolerated 20.8%
15
11.9%
200
12.1%
44
12.2%
259
Wrong for all but should be legally tolerated 2.8%
2
11.6%
195
11.0%
40
11.2%
237
Right for some but not for me personally 19.4%
14
16.8%
282
18.9%
69
17.2%
365
Right for me but not necessarily for others 9.7%
7
16.6%
278
18.1%
66
16.6%
351
Right for me 9.7%
7
7.9%
133
6.0%
22
7.7%
162
Not a moral issue 37.5%
27
35.2%
591
34.0%
124
35.1%
742
TOTAL 100.0%
72
100.0%
1679
100.0%
365

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Race (I-RACE)

White Black Hispanic Other race TOTAL
Wrong for all and should not be legally tolerated 13.1%
204
8.8%
22
12.0%
22
7.1%
8
12.2%
256
Wrong for all but should be legally tolerated 12.4%
193
9.6%
24
6.5%
12
6.3%
7
11.2%
236
Right for some but not for me personally 16.8%
261
16.1%
40
20.7%
38
19.6%
22
17.2%
361
Right for me but not necessarily for others 16.8%
261
16.1%
40
14.7%
27
17.9%
20
16.6%
348
Right for me 7.0%
109
11.6%
29
7.6%
14
7.1%
8
7.6%
160
Not a moral issue 33.9%
527
37.8%
94
38.6%
71
42.0%
47
35.2%
739
TOTAL 100.0%
1555
100.0%
249
100.0%
184
100.0%
112

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Region (I-REGION)

Midwest Northeast South West TOTAL
Wrong for all and should not be legally tolerated 10.6%
52
6.1%
20
14.4%
121
14.5%
65
12.2%
258
Wrong for all but should be legally tolerated 11.4%
56
5.8%
19
14.4%
121
9.2%
41
11.2%
237
Right for some but not for me personally 16.5%
81
20.8%
68
17.3%
146
15.2%
68
17.2%
363
Right for me but not necessarily for others 17.8%
87
15.6%
51
17.1%
144
15.2%
68
16.6%
350
Right for me 8.0%
39
12.2%
40
6.3%
53
6.7%
30
7.7%
162
Not a moral issue 35.7%
175
39.4%
129
30.5%
257
39.3%
176
35.0%
737
TOTAL 100.0%
490
100.0%
327
100.0%
842
100.0%
448

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Other Black Protestant Just Christian Non-attender TOTAL
Wrong for all and should not be legally tolerated 27.3%
129
6.6%
12
32.0%
33
11.7%
12
22.2%
32
3.6%
40
12.2%
258
Wrong for all but should be legally tolerated 21.6%
102
16.5%
30
21.4%
22
11.7%
12
14.6%
21
4.5%
50
11.2%
237
Right for some but not for me personally 19.0%
90
24.2%
44
10.7%
11
14.6%
15
22.9%
33
15.4%
170
17.2%
363
Right for me but not necessarily for others 11.4%
54
11.0%
20
13.6%
14
17.5%
18
10.4%
15
20.7%
228
16.5%
349
Right for me 3.8%
18
6.6%
12
4.9%
5
9.7%
10
8.3%
12
9.5%
105
7.7%
162
Not a moral issue 16.9%
80
35.2%
64
17.5%
18
35.0%
36
21.5%
31
46.3%
511
35.1%
740
TOTAL 100.0%
473
100.0%
182
100.0%
103
100.0%
103
100.0%
144
100.0%
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