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premarsx

Source

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

Details

Question There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. If a man and woman have sex relations before marriage, do you think it is always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all?

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
-/-1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
A/B1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yearalways wrongalmost always wrongwrong only sometimesnot wrong at alldon't knowno answeriapskipped on webTotal
19725631823734196511--1613
1974472181337439487--1484
1975441176342468585--1490
19774591413405413910--1530
1978437175304578344--1532
19825201523597635511--1860
1983427155378601317--1599
1985422123294643484--1534
1986396127328574396--1470
1988251102214388276493-1481
198927284221394314531-1537
1990229103205356323444-1372
199127498186435283493-1517
1993283106218443273526-1606
199449619238983060101015-2992
1996452183429832586944-2904
1998476166378784652961-2832
20005021573847497510940-2817
2002242731763941851857-2765
2004238791574091851906-2812
200650916737988244112518-4510
200830590206692306694-2023
2010305116241742215614-2044
2012273722067043314672-1974
2014324111257956189863-2538
201638910026311012510979-2867
2018278952139431911789-2348
20213901623671761921315264032
20223081043051607368116883544
202435712225813785061126123309
Total1129038948707218061141204208484667936