Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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EXMARW Do you think it is morally wrong or not for a wife to have sexual relations with someone other than her husband?   1) Morally wrong   2) Not morally wrong   3) Sometimes/Depends (vol)   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Morally wrong	351	90.5%	90.5%	-.29
Not morally wrong	27	7%	97.4%	1.85
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	5	1.3%	98.7%	3.98
Don't know/No answer	5	1.3%	100%	6.11

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Morally wrong	88.9% 32	89.5% 162	91.4% 96	93.4% 57	90.6% 347
Not morally wrong	11.1% 4	8.3% 15	5.7% 6	3.3% 2	7.0% 27
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.0% 1	1.6% 1	1.0% 4
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.9% 2	1.6% 1	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 181	100.0% 105	100.0% 61	383

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Morally wrong	85.1% 137	94.3% 214	90.5% 351
Not morally wrong	12.4% 20	3.1% 7	7.0% 27
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	1.2% 2	1.3% 3	1.3% 5
Don't know/No answer	1.2% 2	1.3% 3	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 227	388

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Morally wrong	93.8% 15	100.0% 33	87.6% 99	95.1% 97	87.5% 105	90.9% 349
Not morally wrong	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	8.0% 9	2.9% 3	10.8% 13	6.8% 26
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	2.0% 2	1.7% 2	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 33	100.0% 113	100.0% 102	100.0% 120	384

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Morally wrong	95.0% 132	88.7% 102	86.4% 76	92.9% 13	90.7% 323
Not morally wrong	3.6% 5	8.7% 10	10.2% 9	7.1% 1	7.0% 25
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Don't know/No answer	1.4% 2	1.7% 2	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 115	100.0% 88	100.0% 14	356

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Morally wrong	93.4% 141	88.2% 105	95.6% 43	100.0% 2	95.3% 41	64.0% 16	90.4% 348
Not morally wrong	4.6% 7	9.2% 11	4.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	24.0% 6	7.0% 27
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	2.0% 3	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 1	1.3% 5
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	8.0% 2	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 119	100.0% 45	100.0% 2	100.0% 43	100.0% 25	385

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Morally wrong	91.7% 297	84.4% 38	100.0% 3	92.3% 12	90.9% 350
Not morally wrong	5.6% 18	15.6% 7	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	6.8% 26
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
Don't know/No answer	1.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 45	100.0% 3	100.0% 13	385