National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)

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PSEXMAR P55. Do you think that people should wait to have sex until they are married, or not necessarily?   1) Yes, should wait   2) No, not necessarily wait   777) Don't know   888) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, should wait	2004	59.5%	59.5%	-.16
No, not necessarily wait	1284	38.1%	97.6%	-.15
Don't know	65	1.9%	99.5%	6.13
Refused	17	.5%	100%	7.03

Variable Comparisons

Gender Church attendance Religion

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, should wait	58.4% 992	60.6% 1012	59.5% 2004
No, not necessarily wait	39.4% 670	36.8% 614	38.1% 1284
Don't know	1.9% 33	1.9% 32	1.9% 65
Refused	0.3% 5	0.7% 12	0.5% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1700	100.0% 1670	3370

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	No	Yes	TOTAL
Yes, should wait	41.7% 258	63.5% 1741	59.5% 1999
No, not necessarily wait	54.6% 338	34.4% 943	38.1% 1281
Don't know	2.9% 18	1.7% 47	1.9% 65
Refused	0.8% 5	0.4% 12	0.5% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 2743	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Conservative Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Not religious	Other relig	TOTAL
Yes, should wait	77.9% 814	51.9% 180	67.0% 268	49.3% 404	36.6% 150	54.7% 150	59.7% 1966
No, not necessarily wait	20.8% 217	45.8% 159	29.8% 119	48.1% 394	60.2% 247	41.6% 114	37.9% 1250
Don't know	1.1% 12	1.7% 6	2.5% 10	2.1% 17	2.9% 12	1.8% 5	1.9% 62
Refused	0.2% 2	0.6% 2	0.8% 3	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	1.8% 5	0.5% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 347	100.0% 400	100.0% 819	100.0% 410	100.0% 274	3295