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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 217a. What if they 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?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | almost always wrong | always wrong | don't know | no answer | not wrong at all | wrong only sometimes | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 274 | 965 | 21 | 4 | 47 | 159 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 158 | 675 | 11 | 4 | 32 | 108 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 158 | 702 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 88 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 160 | 615 | 26 | 4 | 29 | 94 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 177 | 678 | 24 | 6 | 44 | 95 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 186 | 733 | 16 | 4 | 39 | 102 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 336 | 1363 | 17 | 8 | 77 | 176 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 321 | 1339 | 23 | 3 | 83 | 191 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 299 | 1318 | 30 | 3 | 64 | 157 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 280 | 1337 | 27 | 5 | 64 | 164 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 131 | 644 | 16 | 2 | 37 | 78 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 137 | 625 | 11 | - | 43 | 90 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 302 | 1422 | 21 | 4 | 76 | 167 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 213 | 925 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 121 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 221 | 952 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 165 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 187 | 872 | 14 | 5 | 73 | 151 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 251 | 1108 | 7 | 2 | 102 | 205 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 309 | 1145 | 19 | 3 | 181 | 231 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 262 | 892 | 18 | 7 | 132 | 248 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1316 | 581 | 1196 | 1 | 3 | 423 | 479 | 33 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1168 | 456 | 1052 | 28 | 6 | 385 | 438 | 11 | 3544 |
| Total | 40128 | 5399 | 20558 | 356 | 84 | 2114 | 3707 | 44 | 72390 |
1 always wrong
2 almost always wrong
3 wrong only sometimes
4 not wrong at all
5 other
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook