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Is premarital sex wrong?

Source: R/gss_vars_508.R
premars1.Rd

premars1

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

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

Values

  • [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C1991, 1994, 1998
B/C/-2008

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for premars1.

Counts by year:

yeariapalways wrongalmost always wrongwrong only sometimesnot wrong at alldon't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
19911583441462475227426-1517
1994154536114422850911887-2992
19981548358138243468707-2832
2008658331113233667147-2023
Total39091394541951216627612709364

See also

Other ISSP Religion: deathpen, hapunhap, stiffpun, xmarsex1

Other Sex: xmarsex1