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  Religious Observance, British Social Attitudes, ISSP - 1998

Year: 1998

Module: Religious Observance
Variable: SEXBFMAR


Question:
Do you think it is wrong or not wrong if a man and a woman have sexual relations before marriage?


Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Always wrong11
Almost always wrong7
Wrong only sometimes13
Not wrong at all65
Can't choose3
Not answered1


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Always wrong 9 13
Almost always wrong 6 7
Wrong only sometimes 14 13
Not wrong at all 69 62
Can't choose 2 4
Not answered 0 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Always wrong 0 1 7 9 19 25
Almost always wrong 0 4 1 7 9 16
Wrong only sometimes 2 9 12 12 15 23
Not wrong at all 92 84 79 71 53 24
Can't choose 2 2 1 0 4 10
Not answered 4 0 1 1 0 2


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Always wrong 13 18 3
Almost always wrong 13 8 3
Wrong only sometimes 11 18 9
Not wrong at all 58 50 82
Can't choose 4 5 2
Not answered 1 2 0


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