Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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FORNICAT (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your opinion, is this behavior always morally wrong, wrong except under certain circumstances, or is it entirely up to the individual? -- Engage in premarital sex   1) Always morally wrong   2) Wrong except under certain circumstances   3) Entirely up to the individual   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always morally wrong	729	27.6%	27.6%
Wrong except under certain circumstances	192	7.3%	34.9%
Entirely up to the individual	1681	63.7%	98.6%
Don't know	39	1.5%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education Marital status Sex Year of birth Region Race Convert? Household income

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	29.8% 53	36.4% 270	27.9% 172	23.7% 102	21.7% 40	90	29.6% 637
Wrong except under certain circumstances	2.8% 5	6.1% 45	7.1% 44	6.0% 26	14.7% 27	46	6.8% 147
Entirely up to the individual	62.9% 112	56.4% 418	63.8% 393	68.9% 297	63.6% 117	345	62.2% 1337
Don't know	4.5% 8	1.1% 8	1.1% 7	1.4% 6	0.0% 0	9	1.3% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 431	100.0% 184	490	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	31.0% 457	50.0% 93	16.7% 55	19.2% 123	1	27.6% 728
Wrong except under certain circumstances	8.9% 131	2.2% 4	3.9% 13	6.9% 44	0	7.3% 192
Entirely up to the individual	59.8% 882	43.5% 81	77.0% 254	71.2% 457	8	63.6% 1674
Don't know	0.3% 5	4.3% 8	2.4% 8	2.8% 18	0	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 186	100.0% 330	100.0% 642	9	2633

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	25.4% 264	29.1% 465	27.6% 729
Wrong except under certain circumstances	9.5% 99	5.8% 93	7.3% 192
Entirely up to the individual	63.7% 663	63.7% 1018	63.7% 1681
Don't know	1.4% 15	1.4% 23	1.4% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	50.2% 336	22.0% 224	17.7% 169	27.6% 729
Wrong except under certain circumstances	6.6% 44	7.0% 71	8.1% 77	7.3% 192
Entirely up to the individual	41.3% 276	70.5% 719	72.1% 687	63.7% 1682
Don't know	1.9% 13	0.6% 6	2.1% 20	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1020	100.0% 953	2642

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	27.9% 306	27.3% 173	33.0% 131	20.4% 46	73	27.9% 656
Wrong except under certain circumstances	5.8% 63	9.3% 59	11.1% 44	1.8% 4	22	7.2% 170
Entirely up to the individual	64.2% 703	63.3% 401	53.1% 211	76.9% 173	193	63.3% 1488
Don't know	2.1% 23	0.0% 0	2.8% 11	0.9% 2	3	1.5% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 1095	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 225	291	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	27.9% 574	25.3% 93	13.2% 9	43.0% 46	8	27.8% 722
Wrong except under certain circumstances	7.7% 158	7.6% 28	2.9% 2	1.9% 2	2	7.3% 190
Entirely up to the individual	63.3% 1300	63.6% 234	82.4% 56	53.3% 57	34	63.4% 1647
Don't know	1.1% 23	3.5% 13	1.5% 1	1.9% 2	0	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 368	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	44	2598

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	26.7% 643	36.3% 82	3	27.5% 725
Wrong except under certain circumstances	7.1% 171	8.8% 20	0	7.2% 191
Entirely up to the individual	64.6% 1556	54.9% 124	2	63.8% 1680
Don't know	1.6% 39	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 226	5	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	42.0% 94	34.5% 174	23.5% 166	22.1% 117	20.3% 76	102	26.8% 627
Wrong except under certain circumstances	4.5% 10	4.2% 21	8.9% 63	7.2% 38	13.1% 49	11	7.7% 181
Entirely up to the individual	48.7% 109	60.9% 307	66.4% 469	70.8% 375	66.6% 249	173	64.5% 1509
Don't know	4.9% 11	0.4% 2	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17	0.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 504	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	303	2338