Life Choices, 1990

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SEXPLEAS Which of these statements best reflects your thinking about human sexual activity -- sex is basically a source of pleasure and recreation, or sex has a sacred and spiritual meaning?   1) A source of pleasure and recreation   3) Has a sacred or spiritual meaning   5) Both (VOL)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A source of pleasure and recreation	455	20.9%	20.9%	-1.6
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	738	33.9%	54.9%	-.31
Both (VOL)	981	45.1%	100%	.98

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
A source of pleasure and recreation	25.7% 106	23.0% 172	19.3% 82	17.5% 74	13.5% 21	21.0% 455
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	34.4% 142	36.4% 272	33.0% 140	29.6% 125	34.0% 53	33.8% 732
Both (VOL)	40.0% 165	40.6% 304	47.6% 202	52.8% 223	52.6% 82	45.1% 976
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
A source of pleasure and recreation	38.0% 141	25.4% 172	14.1% 114	6.3% 18	20.8% 445
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	34.2% 127	36.5% 247	33.4% 270	28.9% 83	33.9% 727
Both (VOL)	27.8% 103	38.0% 257	52.5% 424	64.8% 186	45.3% 970
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
A source of pleasure and recreation	18.9% 74	18.8% 134	19.7% 117	27.7% 129	21.0% 454
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	30.6% 120	31.0% 221	37.8% 225	36.7% 171	34.0% 737
Both (VOL)	50.5% 198	50.1% 357	42.5% 253	35.6% 166	45.0% 974
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A source of pleasure and recreation	24.1% 135	21.1% 123	16.7% 112	23.7% 85	20.9% 455
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	31.8% 178	34.5% 201	32.9% 221	38.4% 138	33.9% 738
Both (VOL)	44.1% 247	44.4% 259	50.4% 339	37.9% 136	45.1% 981
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A source of pleasure and recreation	26.0% 272	16.1% 175	21.0% 447
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	34.6% 362	33.1% 360	33.9% 722
Both (VOL)	39.3% 411	50.8% 552	45.2% 963
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
A source of pleasure and recreation	17.9% 208	19.5% 129	49.1% 27	13.3% 12	19.1% 376
Has a sacred or spiritual meaning	32.3% 376	35.6% 236	36.4% 20	34.4% 31	33.6% 663
Both (VOL)	49.8% 580	44.9% 298	14.5% 8	52.2% 47	47.3% 933
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972