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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. Please indicate how you feel about each of the following sexual behaviors. Are they always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all? -- if a man and woman have sex before marriage

	1) Always wrong
	2) Almost always wrong
	3) Wrong sometimes
	4) Not wrong at all

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	16	4.1%	4.1%	-3.12
Almost always wrong	24	6.2%	10.3%	-1.85
Wrong sometimes	117	30%	40.3%	-.58
Not wrong at all	233	59.7%	100%	.69

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Always wrong	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	3.1% 4	6.7% 6	8.8% 3	4.3% 16
Almost always wrong	12.5% 1	3.7% 4	6.9% 9	4.5% 4	8.8% 3	5.7% 21
Wrong sometimes	25.0% 2	24.8% 27	26.2% 34	38.2% 34	44.1% 15	30.3% 112
Not wrong at all	62.5% 5	68.8% 75	63.8% 83	50.6% 45	38.2% 13	59.7% 221
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	100.0% 34	370

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	5.5% 3	3.1% 3	8.0% 6	1.1% 1	3.0% 2	3.9% 15
Almost always wrong	5.5% 3	5.1% 5	10.7% 8	2.2% 2	9.1% 6	6.2% 24
Wrong sometimes	41.8% 23	21.4% 21	30.7% 23	30.8% 28	33.3% 22	30.4% 117
Not wrong at all	47.3% 26	70.4% 69	50.7% 38	65.9% 60	54.5% 36	59.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 98	100.0% 75	100.0% 91	100.0% 66	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Always wrong	5.0% 8	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	11.1% 2	4.1% 4	0.0% 0	4.2% 16
Almost always wrong	8.8% 14	0.0% 0	5.6% 4	5.6% 1	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	6.2% 24
Wrong sometimes	31.3% 50	22.6% 7	31.9% 23	33.3% 6	28.9% 28	28.6% 2	30.1% 116
Not wrong at all	55.0% 88	77.4% 24	59.7% 43	50.0% 9	61.9% 60	71.4% 5	59.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 31	100.0% 72	100.0% 18	100.0% 97	100.0% 7	385

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Always wrong	1.3% 2	7.5% 4	8.0% 7	4.5% 1	3.6% 2	4.2% 16
Almost always wrong	3.8% 6	9.4% 5	9.1% 8	4.5% 1	1.8% 1	5.6% 21
Wrong sometimes	34.0% 54	17.0% 9	40.9% 36	31.8% 7	16.4% 9	30.5% 115
Not wrong at all	61.0% 97	66.0% 35	42.0% 37	59.1% 13	78.2% 43	59.7% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 53	100.0% 88	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	377

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	0.8% 1	5.4% 14	4.0% 15
Almost always wrong	7.4% 9	5.1% 13	5.8% 22
Wrong sometimes	26.2% 32	32.3% 83	30.3% 115
Not wrong at all	65.6% 80	57.2% 147	59.9% 227
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 257	379

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,000 - $30,000	$30,000 - $40,000	$40,000 - $50,000	$50,000 - $60,000	$60,000+	TOTAL
Always wrong	6.9% 8	1.1% 1	3.2% 2	5.6% 2	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 14
Almost always wrong	8.6% 10	5.7% 5	3.2% 2	2.8% 1	5.3% 1	3.0% 1	5.6% 20
Wrong sometimes	31.9% 37	31.0% 27	28.6% 18	30.6% 11	31.6% 6	27.3% 9	30.5% 108
Not wrong at all	52.6% 61	62.1% 54	65.1% 41	61.1% 22	57.9% 11	69.7% 23	59.9% 212
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 87	100.0% 63	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	354