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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
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 wrong31
Almost always wrong9
Wrong only sometimes13
Not wrong at all37
Can't choose9
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Always wrong 25 36
Almost always wrong 8 10
Wrong only sometimes 13 14
Not wrong at all 46 30
Can't choose 7 10
Not answered 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Always wrong 11 9 26 43 47 61
Almost always wrong 6 4 10 10 13 14
Wrong only sometimes 19 21 11 9 9 9
Not wrong at all 56 56 44 31 19 8
Can't choose 8 10 9 6 11 9
Not answered 0 1 0 2 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Always wrong 31 33 12
Almost always wrong 10 10 1
Wrong only sometimes 14 13 15
Not wrong at all 34 35 66
Can't choose 11 8 4
Not answered 0 1 2

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